There are no blocking issues when you want to add a W2003 child dom below a W2000 root. You should however prepare the schema (forestprep) of your W2000 forest.
You won't be able to increase the forest functional level to W2003 as long as the forest contains W2000 DCs. But you can increase the domain functional level of your W2003 child dom to W2003 without problems. However, be aware of the fact that this causes you not to be able to add any more W2000 DCs to this child dom (but why would you want to do this anyway ;-)?) However, I'm curious why you want to add a child domain to your forest. The new archictures/designs of AD infrastructures mainly consist of a single domain/single forest or single domain/multiple forest scenario (due to the fact that a forest is the actual security boundary within a forest and not the domain!). There are limited number of valid reasons to implement a child domain (directory partitioning or strict domain policy requirements for example). Cheers! John Reijnders MCSE Windows Server 2003 _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 2:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Windows 2003 AD Any issues with having a Windows 2003 child domain below a Windows 2000 root? -------APPLEBEE'S INTERNATIONAL, INC. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE------- PRIVILEGED / CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may be contained in this message or any attachments. This information is strictly confidential and may be subject to attorney-client privilege. This message is intended only for the use of the named addressee. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this in error, you should kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail and immediately destroy this message. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a violation of federal criminal law. Applebee's International, Inc. reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to and from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Applebee's International, Inc. e-mail system. 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/
