Eric, Tell me I'm reading this wrong - two different forests - one for each company - each forest with two domains? Or, is this a new forest with two trees (tree root domains)?
Thanks! Rick Kingslan - Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000] Microsoft Certified Trainer MCSA, MCSE+I - Windows NT / 2000 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --- Arthur C. Clarke > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Eric Yeoh > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] It's A Question Of Trust... > > > Go with 2 domains in different Forest with 2-way transitive > trusts, easier and lesser hassles! > > ERIC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Blair, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:27 PM > Subject: [ActiveDir] It's A Question Of Trust... > > > > > > All, > > > > Need a bit of advise here...Our sister company has decided to > > eventually migrate to W2K and in their design > considerations they have > > put forward a proposal to create a new domain and have us integrate > > into it with them to "centralise" things and therefore make things > > easier to manage etc. Do you think that this is the right > way to go or > > would it be better to stick with having two domains and a > transitive > > trust etc. Our core business is not > the > > same and our network architecture is certainly a lot different to > > theirs. They are used to high speed WAN's and have predominantly > > "office workers" with the OS, Office Suite, IE 6 etc > installed. We on > > the other hand have a lot of places linked by various methods of > > phone: Satellite, Mobile etc. > in > > very remote locations dialling into central points. We also > have a WAN > > however our backbone is of inferior speed, still pretty > good however, > theirs > > a bit OTT. Over and above the standard installations we have a large > amount > > of software packages to support due to the nature of > business. There > > is a lot of theorising going on about the best way to go > and I would > > like a > real > > world answer. We are fully W2K in mixed mode and have been for more > > than a year now with no hassles... > > > > James > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
