Upgrading from NT 4.0 to AD

[Guest]

I have two servers that are NT 4.0 in one domain, one is the PDC and DHCP
(Also my File server) and the other is a Exchange 5.5 Server . I also have
two 2003 Servers in their own domain. I am adding another 2003 Server so that
I can create a 2003 Exchange box to replace the 5.5 server. I was told that i
would need to install AD in order to be able to install Exchange 2003. I need
to know what type of layout should I have so that I can keep my file server
in tact. Also what Server should I install AD on (or does it matter).

Thanks

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Start here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a0-76f0-4e25-8de0-19544062a6e6&displaylang=en

Searching msdn.microsoft.com and microsoft.com/technet will give you even
more documents, white papers and studies on this type of upgrade.

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[Phillip Windell]

Installing AD is the same thing as creating a Domain Controller. If you
have already created a 2003 domain (you said the 2003 server were in their
own domain) then you already have AD. If you have not then promote a 2003
box to a DC,...do not give the Domain name the same thing as your Public
Domain name,...they are not the same thing and do not have the same purpose.
I usually take the Public name and change the ".com" on the end to ".loc"
(loc = local) because "loc" is not a Top-Level Domain that is ever found on
the Internet.

Exchange 2000 (and newer) is integrated into AD. During the install of
Exchange it makes changes to AD that are *not* reversable. Make sure you
study up on Exchange, particularly the install proceedures, and know them
well before you even pick up that CD. There is no room for mistakes. We can
not possibly tell you all you need to know and be clear enough about it with
simple email messages in a newsgroup.

The migration from Exchange5.5 to Exchange2000 (or 2003) is lengthy and
detailed. I did it once,...the first thing I did was get a Support Ticket
started with MS before I even began the process so if I needed help they
would already be "ready & aware". I did end up needed them and the process
took nearly a week to get everything "cleaned up" and working properly.

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