Multiple Sites - Single domain - Server 2008r2

Hi,
I have six (6) sites all connected to a Head Office site by a high speed VPN. Currently all use different domain names on their local servers but with new hardware coming i would like to have all sites share the one single domain name for simplicity.
Head Office has two (2) AD Servers configured handling DNS, DHCP (split scope) etc, both are GC's for redundancy.
For the branches i was considering setting these up as Secondary AD servers with the Head Office domain and as GC's too. Each branch server will have their own DHCP scope for their networks and DNS forwarded to Head Office AD servers. Each branch server
will also be used for file and printer sharing.
I need to make sure local users to the branch servers authenticate on their own AD server and not hit Head Office which would slow down the process a little.
Is the above the correct way to do this?
Cheers.

Sounds like you want to configure a Hub and Spoke model, with the Spokes being the branch offices. This is a good topology. By default when a branch office is configured the DC for that spoke (Defined by the subnets in that physical site) the
dcLocator process on each client will default to the local DC unless there are problems that force the client to reach out. As far as forwarding there is no such thing from a DC perspective but there is from a DNS perspective.
So after you build out your new domain just make sure you follow the best practice for Sites and Serviecs and you should be good to go.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755768(WS.10).aspx
dcLocator process
http://msmvps.com/blogs/acefekay/archive/2010/01/03/the-dc-locator-process-the-logon-process-controlling-which-dc-responds-in-an-ad-site-and-srv-records.aspx
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