Adding a windows 2003 domain controller to an existing mixed mode forest

[Lee]

I have an environment where I have 5 domains. We are in
the process off converting all these into 1 domain.
Of the 5 domains 3 are in Native mode and 2 are in mixed
mode. In the 2 mixed mode environments I have 1 NT 4.0
domain contoller in each domain along with a windows 2000
domain controller in each domain.

My question is can I add a windows 2003 Domain Controller
to one of my native mode domains? or do I have to make
sure there are no NT 4.0 domain controllers anywhere in my
forest.

Thanks for your response in advance,

 

[Johan Arwidmark]

You can add a Windows Server 2003 to any mode Windows 2000 domain
without having to raise the functional levels (even though some of the
new AD features in Windows Server 2003 relies on higher functional
levels)

You will of course need to extend the schema for Windows Server 2003

regards
Johan Arwidmark

Windows User Group - Nordic
http://wug.lutteman.se

 

[Lee]

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
You can add a Windows Server 2003 to any mode Windows 2000 domain
without having to raise the functional levels (even though some of the
new AD features in Windows Server 2003 relies on higher functional
levels)

You will of course need to extend the schema for Windows Server 2003

regards
Johan Arwidmark

Windows User Group - Nordic
http://wug.lutteman.se




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