Set Active Directory To "Use notify" Replication

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Active Directory Sites and Services Use notify Replication

Setting your site links to replicate using the USE_NOTIFY option.

The "use notify" option performs replication instantly when a change occurs; this is separate from Urgent replication used for lockouts this will make your AD synchronize changes immediately. 

  1. Open Sites and Services Navigate to inter-site Transports
  2. Right click on the site link and go to attribute editor
  3. Scroll down until you see the attribute options
  4. If the value is not set, change the value of options to 1. If there is a value other than 1, run the following PowerShell commands and enter the result of the commands:
$MyValue = 16 # 16 is just an example. Replace 16 with your value.
if ($MyValue -band 1) {"First bit is already set"}
else {$MyValue + 1}

NOTE: If you have manually created any Replication Connections (Under the NTDS Settings of a server object), those connections will not use the value of the Site Link discussed above. For more information, see the following article:

Configuring Change Notification on a MANUALLY created Replication partner