Connecting Vista Ultimate / x64 to an Windows 2003 (or 2000) domai

[Guest]

Hi Fellows,

Can you please review those questions so we can consider deployment of Vista
on the current infrastructure:

1. Can we then look into approving if there are no security or operational
issues
if I login my Vista / X64 machine to Win3K or Win2K domain ?
1.1 Might it ruin my account settings if I login in parallel from XP SP2
/ x86 ?
2. Can I use Office 2003 on my Vista X64 machine with no issues as I hook to
my
exchange account that runs on Server 2003 / X86 ?
2.1 Note that I would still like to keep my XP + Office 2003 environment
in
parallelintact with no issues that the Vista / Office might cause.
3. Can I use Office 2007 on my Vista X64 or XP SP2 / X86 machine with
no issues as I hook to my exchange account that runs on Server 2003 /
X86 ?
Note that I would still like to keep my XP + Office 2003 environment
intact with
no issues that the Vista / Office might cause.

Thanks,

Jack.

 

[Mike Brannigan]

Hi Fellows,

Can you please review those questions so we can consider deployment
of Vista
on the current infrastructure:

1. Can we then look into approving if there are no security or
operational
issues
if I login my Vista / X64 machine to Win3K or Win2K domain ?

No problems - Vista is fully supported (x86 or x64) in a 2003/2000
Active Directory environment

1.1 Might it ruin my account settings if I login in parallel from
XP SP2
/ x86 ?

Your profile should work across both platforms if you are using
roaming profiles.

2. Can I use Office 2003 on my Vista X64 machine with no issues as I
hook to
my
exchange account that runs on Server 2003 / X86 ?

Office 2003 is supported on Vista and Outlook will function without
issue.

2.1 Note that I would still like to keep my XP + Office 2003
environment
in
parallelintact with no issues that the Vista / Office might
cause.

No problems if they are on separte disks or partitions on your PC.

3. Can I use Office 2007 on my Vista X64 or XP SP2 / X86 machine
with
no issues as I hook to my exchange account that runs on Server
2003 /
X86 ?
Yes

Note that I would still like to keep my XP + Office 2003
environment
intact with
no issues that the Vista / Office might cause.

No issues with mixed access of Vista x64/Outlook 2007 and XP/Outlook
203 or XPSp2/Outlook 2007 to the same mailbox.
You can mix clients Vista and XPSP2 and platforms x64 and x86 and
Outlook 2003 and 2007 against the same mailbox without issue.

 

[Guest]

Many thanks Mike for your quick and complete response !

 

[Dave R.]

No problems - Vista is fully supported (x86 or x64) in a 2003/2000
Active Directory environment

No problems is a bit optimistic. The OP would be well advised to look
at the various posings in this and the .networking_sharing and .general
groups relating to Remote Desktop, Remote Assistance, file and printer
sharing, logon scripts, etc.

As to the Office 2003, etc., I don't follow those closely at all, but it
would be a good idea to check the Office and Outlook groups for any
interoperability issues.

Regards,

Dave

 

[Guest]

Indeed I have also posted to the Office group.
I will take a look at the other groups, but my main concern was about
any major issues I might cause to my original environment or to the domain -
while I assume there would be medium and minor
issues running some of the regular day to day operations on the X64 machine.

 

[Mike Brannigan]

Indeed I have also posted to the Office group.
I will take a look at the other groups, but my main concern was
about
any major issues I might cause to my original environment or to the
domain -
while I assume there would be medium and minor
issues running some of the regular day to day operations on the X64
machine.

I have worked withy clients with tens of thousands of Vista clients
deployed in 2003 ADs - no major issues.