Basic AD/GC question

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AG

I am an AD newbie and have the following question.
We are currently having a web -based application that queries the AD
whenever a "new" user logs in to the application. This is because we need
to pull in some information about the user (like EmployeeID, Department,
Location, Office, etc) into the web-based application. On subsequent login
for these "new" users the web app does not query the AD since their info. is
already available in the web app's database (SQL server).

We are now planning on implementing additional security by querying the AD
for "every" login to the web app. We have about 7000 users on this app. Do
you think querying the "Global Catalog" during every login will have any
performance implications, both on the client and the server/GC/DC?

Thank you for your help.
AG
 
A couple more bits of information are needed to answer this, how many
domains are there in your forest and are you in native or mixed mode?

In any case, a large number of extra logons to AD are going to have a
performance impact on AD. You will have to use performance monitor on your
servers to determine current utilisation, estimate the number of extra
logons required by the app and work out if they will handle the load. A
similar exercise will need to be done for the network.
 
Appreciate ur help.
--AG
Simon Geary said:
A couple more bits of information are needed to answer this, how many
domains are there in your forest and are you in native or mixed mode?

In any case, a large number of extra logons to AD are going to have a
performance impact on AD. You will have to use performance monitor on your
servers to determine current utilisation, estimate the number of extra
logons required by the app and work out if they will handle the load. A
similar exercise will need to be done for the network.

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