Yong,
In W2K and W2K3 we no longer have the concept of PDCs and BDCs. This is
only in NT4 domains. In W2K/W2K3 domains all DCs hold writable copies of
the db.
In regards to your situation if you currently have a W2K AD domain then
adding a W2K3 DC to the domain will in turn make upgrade the domain to
W2K3. In order to do this you will have to run a forestprep and then a
domainprep before dcpromoing the W2K3 DC.
You can refer to more detailed steps in KB article 325379:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325379.
blim
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| >Subject: Can Windows 2003 Server join to Windows 2000 AD as a BDC?
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| >Can Windows 2003 Server join to Windows 2000 AD as a BDC?
| >We have the plan to add it as the BDC to our network
| >because there is only one domain controller.
| >Problem is that we have the computer that running Windows
| >2003 server and want it work as a BDC?
| >Please let me know if anybody has the idea.
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| >Thank you in advance,
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| >Yong
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