XADM: Directory Replication Occurs Five Minutes After Startup

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Microsoft has added a new registry value to the Microsoft Exchange Directory Service that allows a Microsoft Exchange administrator the option of having the Directory Service ignore the synchronize at startup property for naming contexts that are message based (this implies replication requests to Sites). The Directory Service will still send synchronization requests during the scheduled replication times as configured on the Directory Replication Connectors.

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To enable this feature, perform the following steps after applying the new files from Microsoft.

1. Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
2. Go to the following key in the registry:
   

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
      \MSExchangeDS\Parameters

3. On the Edit menu, click Add Value and use the following entry (note the spaces carefully).
   

         Value Name: Replicator inter site sync at startup
         Data Type:  REG_DWORD
         Value:      0

4. Exit the Registry Editor and restart the Directory Service for the change to take effect.

Setting this value to 0 will prevent the Directory Service from sending directory replication requests to other Sites at startup. To restore the default behavior, either delete the registry value or set it to a value of 1 and restart the Directory Service.