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Identifying PDC Emulator for AD DS Domain

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Your network contains an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain named contoso.com.

You need to identify which server is the PDC emulator for the domain.

Solution: From Active Directory Sites and Services, you right-click Default-First-Site-Name in the console tree, and then select Properties.

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The provided solution of right-clicking on Default-First-Site-Name in Active Directory Sites and Services and selecting Properties does not directly identify which server is the PDC emulator for the domain.

However, by following the provided solution, you can identify the PDC emulator by performing the following steps:

  1. In the Properties dialog box, click the NTDS Settings tab.
  2. In the details pane, right-click the domain controller that you want to check, and then click Properties.
  3. In the domain controller's Properties dialog box, click the General tab to see if it holds the PDC emulator role.

If the domain controller holds the PDC emulator role, you can see it in the FSMO Roles section on the General tab.

Therefore, the provided solution can be used to identify the PDC emulator for the domain by following the additional steps outlined above. Hence, the answer is "Yes," the solution meets the goal.