In this chapter, you learned how to manage an Active Directory virtual DC with Hyper-V. You learned the concepts behind having a virtual DC. You also learned that the database of a virtual DC must be placed on a SCSI virtual disk for better performance and data loss prevention. Further, you've seen how Time synchronization impacts on the virtual DC and the whole Active Directory environment. Also, you learned how a Checkpoint can impact the entire replication process on a virtual DC and that Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V offers a mechanism to avoid this issue.

Moving on, you've seen that the Cluster service and virtual DCs can coexist, and that you can have an Active Directory-detached Cluster service on Windows Server 2012. Further, you learned how to clone a virtual DC and how it makes the DC deployment process easier for the administrator. To finish the chapter, you learned how Hyper-V Replica and Active Directory work and that, in many cases, it makes no sense to replicate...