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Workgroup and Multi-domain clusters in Windows Server 2016

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John Marlin
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Mar 15, 2019
First published on MSDN on Aug 17, 2015 In Windows Server 2012 R2 and previous versions, a cluster could only be created between member nodes joined to the same domain. Windows Server 2016 breaks...
Updated Apr 09, 2019
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Aug 07, 2019

mkokoy

 

Unfortunately no.  The initial creation of the Cluster would define the type of nodes that can be added.  The type is defined by the AdministrativeAccessPoint value.

 

DNS = does not add to active directory but does register with DNS.  So multi-domain, workgroup, or any combination of nodes

ActiveDirectory = registers all nodes in the same active directory domain but does not register with DNS

ActiveDirectoryandDNS = registers all nodes in the same active directory domain and registers with DNS