global catlog

[surender singh]

Q1 what is global catalog in active directory .why we use global catalog?
Q2 how we can manage a network printer ip on computer?

[Sanjay]

hi Surender,

The global catalog is a distributed data repository that contains a searchable, partial representation of every object in every domain in a multidomain Active Directory forest. The global catalog is stored on domain controllers that have been designated as global catalog servers and is distributed through multimaster replication. Searches that are directed to the global catalog are faster because they do not involve referrals to different domain controllers.