What ports are used by global catalog?

Global Catalog servers use two primary ports for communication: TCP port 3268 for standard queries and TCP port 3269 for secure queries over SSL. These ports facilitate the retrieval of directory information from the Global Catalog in Active Directory environments. Additionally, the standard LDAP port (TCP 389) is also used for regular directory services communication, but for Global Catalog specifically, ports 3268 and 3269 are essential.