Windows 2003 Member Server

[charlie7]

How can I make a Windows 2003 Advance Server, member of a
Windows 2000 Domain.?

 

[\Richard McCall [MSFT]\]

If you want it to participate as a Server and not a DC just join the domain.
If you want it to be a Domain Controller then you need to prepare the
domain. Here is an article link that will help.

278875 Cannot Promote a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller into a Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=278875

If Exchange is installed make sure you follow this before runnign the ADPREP
314649 Windows Server 2003 adprep /forestprep Command Causes Mangled
Attributes
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314649

 

[Karin Galli [MS]]

No need to make any special thing to make a W2K3 member server of an W2K
domain.
In case that what you do is to add a W2K3 server as a domain controller, you
will have to upgrade the schema, so windows 2000 can "understand" W2K3
schema.

This article may be helpful:
240427 HOW TO: Upgrade the Schema to Upgrade Domain Controllers to Released
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240427

Cheers!


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