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E2kGlobalCatalog

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Connection to the local Active Directory Global Catalog replica server

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<para>
#E2kGlobalCatalog represents a connection to the local Active
Directory Global Catalog replica. The Global Catalog is replicated at
each site in a Windows domain, and contains a subset of Active
Directory information for every object in the entire Active Directory
tree. (As opposed to the regular Active Directory servers, which
contain complete information about only the local portion of the
tree.)
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<para>
Connector uses the global catalog for two major purposes:
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<listitem><para>To populate the Global Address List</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>To look up information about other users, such as what
Exchange server their mail is on, or what their SID is.</para></listitem>
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<para>
#E2kAutoconfig,
#E2kSid
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