Moving Active Directory

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I have a Primary and a secondary domain controller on my
network. I want to move the Primary Active
Directory/Domain Controler from the server it sits on to
the new server i just bought. How can i move the entire
Active directory from my old server to the new one while
keeping it the primary domain controller. My new server
has a differnt computer new. If i move AD to that server,
will i have any problems with AD replication and the way
users log in.

If there are any articles that give me step by step
instructios on how to do this, please let me know.

Please help.

Thank you.
 
This is a very simple process. If this is the only dc in the domain, I
would recommend leaving them both as dc's. Once the future dc is a member
of the domain run dcpromo to promote this server to a dc.

Promote new dc to a gc
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313994
Transfer the fsmo roles from old dc to the new dc
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255690

If the current dc is a dns server then you will have to install dns on the
new server before demoting the old one. Make sure to point all the dns
client to the new server. If you are running Terminal Services and this dc
is the License Manager then that also will have to be transferred. You
didn't mention either of these so I'm not going to worry about them.

If you decide to not leave this old server in the domain as a second dc, run
dcpromo on the old dc and demote to a member server.


Hope this helps
 
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