Manually add connections Active Directory

1. Open Active Directory Sites and Services.
   
2. In the console tree, right-click NTDS Settings for the domain controller for which you want to manually add a connection, and then click New Active Directory Connection.
   
   Where?
   
   
   • Active Directory Sites and Services/Sites/site that contains the domain controller for which you want to manually add a connection/Servers/domain controller for which you want to manually add a connection/NTDS Settings
     
3. In the Find Domain Controllers dialog box, click the domain controller that you want to include in the connection object.
   
4. In the New Object-Connection dialog box, type a name for the new connection object.
   

Notes

• To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Domain Admins group or the Enterprise Admins group in Active Directory, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, andUsing Run as.
  
• To open Active Directory Sites and Services, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Active Directory Sites and Services.
  
• Active Directory automatically creates and deletes connection objects under normal conditions.
  
• If you are certain that a connection is required and that you want it to persist until it is manually removed, create a connection manually.