Switching 2000 domain controller from mixed mode to native mode

[Jim Hodgson]

Hi

I'm pretty sure I can switch my windows 2k server DC from mixed to
native mode but can someone confirm whether I've understood everything
properly.

I currently have 2 domains, each controlled by a single server - 1 is
Windows NT4 server and the other is Windows 2000 server with Exchange
2000 installed. There is a trust relationship between them (which, if
I've got my terminology straight, means they are separate root domains
in the same forest).

I am upgrading the NT4 server to 2k but I can't use ADMT because the
target domain is currently mixed mode. Am I OK to switch it to
native? My understanding is that this is OK because I don't have any
NT4 domain controllers in the 2k domain. Is that right?

If I do this, will the trust relationship between the NT domain and
the native 2K domain still be OK?

Thanks for any help

Jim
(dangerously unqualified sys admin)

 

[Aleksey Tchekmarev]

I currently have 2 domains, each controlled by a single server - 1 is
Windows NT4 server and the other is Windows 2000 server with Exchange
2000 installed. There is a trust relationship between them (which, if
I've got my terminology straight, means they are separate root domains
in the same forest).

no, these domains cannot be in the same forest! NT-domains are always foreign.
But your configuration is OK.

I am upgrading the NT4 server to 2k but I can't use ADMT because the
target domain is currently mixed mode. Am I OK to switch it to sure.

native? My understanding is that this is OK because I don't have any
NT4 domain controllers in the 2k domain. Is that right?

yes

If I do this, will the trust relationship between the NT domain and
the native 2K domain still be OK?

yes. And you'll be able to clone all NT-domain accounts into W2K-domain.

hth,
-a