9. Step B1: Determine Domain Controller Placement

Typically, a network topology will have a few physical locations (large campuses or office buildings and data centers) that are considered hubs, in which there are concentrations of users, computers, or network connectivity. These hubs may connect to a number of smaller satellite locations, such as branch or home offices, to which the hubs provide network or computing resources. Satellite locations typically do not provide services to other satellite offices.

In this step, decide where domain controller resources will be placed for each domain in each forest. Step B2 will address how many domain controllers to place in each location for each domain.