<div class="content"><p>This protocol provides a <a href="4339df3c-494b-49b4-9c60-d25526a35a0d#gt_8a7f6700-8311-45bc-af10-82e10accd331" data-linktype="relative-path">remote procedure call (RPC)</a>
interface for querying domain-related computer state and configuration data.
The client end of the Directory Services Setup Remote Protocol is an
application that issues method calls on the RPC interface. The server end of
the Directory Services Setup Remote Protocol obtains and replies to the client
with the requested data about the computer on which the server is running. If
the client connects to and requests information about a <a href="4339df3c-494b-49b4-9c60-d25526a35a0d#gt_76a05049-3531-4abd-aec8-30e19954b4bd" data-linktype="relative-path">domain controller (DC)</a> for
the <a href="4339df3c-494b-49b4-9c60-d25526a35a0d#gt_c36db657-3138-4d9a-9289-ded5cbb8b40e" data-linktype="relative-path">directory service</a>,
this data includes the status of any pending <a href="bad4d224-953b-4576-aa10-cbeb7eaa4457" data-linktype="relative-path">promotion</a> or <a href="69af75e3-5b61-4c88-b732-9e774ed51616" data-linktype="relative-path">demotion</a> of that DC.</p></div>