Creating a new 2000 DC in an NT4 Domain

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Hello,

I'm sure it has been asked before, but what is the best way to create a new
Windows 2000 domain controller for a domain that currenly only has NT4. I
believe I want it (the W2K server) to be the PDC.
 
You cannot do this. Wind2k/2k3 server cannot be domain controllers in NT4
domains. You have to upgrade your NT4 PDC to Win2k/2k3 and that will create
the Active Directory and retain all the domain information. You need to do
some reading because there is much more to it than just this. check out

www.microsoft.com/activedirectory
 
Thanks so would I make a new NT4 DC- promote it to PDC - demote the old one
to BDC and then upgrade the new NT4 DC to W2K?
 
This sounds like you are planning to do a migration from NT 4.0 to w2k!

well, first you have to plan how to structure you w2k domain, then do a
parallel migration i,e. having the exiting NT domains and introduce w2k
domain.

w2k in mixed mode with PDC emulator FSMO role will accecpt the logon
authentication requests from you nt workstations. this is if you want your
nt workstations to access resources in your new w2k domain.

You can build another bdc and then upgrade the existing nt 4.0 PDC to w2k.
but make sure that you do have a BDC available first.

-Jim
 
Yes, probably the best idea, or upgrade your current PDC
if it supports it, bring the new hardware online and
promote it to being a DC and demote the upgraded PDC. This
gets you a clean install on your perm. DC and your
original PDC still accessible but no longer a domain
controller.
 
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