You could install NT 4 on it, make it a BDC and then upgrade it to W2K3.
That will upgrade your domain and bring over all the good things in it now
with users etc.
It will also bring over all the problems groups, users, security issues,
etc but nobody ever talks about that side of it.
James R. Day
Active Directory Core Team
Office of the Chief Information Officer
National Park Service
(202) 354-1464 (direct)
(202) 371-1549 (fax)
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Also?? How do you add a W3K Domain Controller to an existing NT4 domain?
Thanks,
Z.V.
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Subject: [ActiveDir] Crazy question
I have been asked this from a friend of mine and wasn't sure of the outcome
even though I have told him not to go ahead. I was just interested in the
implications and whether it can be done.
He has a customer with an existing NT4 domain one PDC that's it. He has
bought a brand new box and installed W2K3 dcpromo'd the thing and set up
users, thinking he could just add the box to the existing domain and
everything would be okay to migrate the users and data over.
I know this sounds pretty crazy, but it got me thinking what would the
implications of doing this and what is the best procedure for him at this
stage. If any.
Gary
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