Practice question 11 of 506 · medium
During a WAN outage, an RODC serves directory reads but cannot authenticate a newly transferred employee. The employee password has never been cached. What explains the failure?
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- Uncached authentication needs a writable DC
Uncached credentials require validation by a writable DC. PRP eligibility does not prove caching; global catalog membership data is not a cache of every domain password. Workstation cached sign-in is separate from validating new domain authentication at the RODC.
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