Overview of operating system and Active Directory requirements for Exchange Server 2003
Does changing the role on the Exchange server run the DC PROMO utility to make the server a domain controller? We want to have two DC's for 2003 and then once those are up and running, demote the old ones. I did not know if there was a way to make a server a domain controller without running the DCPROMO utility.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kevin Brunson
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:38 AM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating >From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
If you promote that Exchange box to a domain controller, it really will break a lot of stuff. You will be able to recover from most of it, but it will be a pain. Then in the future, if you ever want to make it NOT a DC again, it will break that same stuff, and then you will probably NOT be able to recover it. You WILL break OWA. Guaranteed. You might very well kill some other Exchange functionality as well. It is possible you could get OWA back after a tremendous amount of effort, but you really don't want to promote that Exchange box.
Kevin Brunson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris Pohlschneider
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:17 AM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Migrating >From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
Hi Mike,
Our intention is to have the Exchange 2003 Box and the file server to be our new DC's. We want both of these boxes to be running WINS, DNS, DHCP. This is what our current DC's are running and we just want to move everything to newer hardware and move to AD 2003.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of mike kline
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:43 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Migrating >From Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3 AD
Chris,
Here is a link to your last question and you can see the follow-ups there too.
When you say you want to move all services that run on the old DCs to the exchange 2003 box and your file server does that mean that you want the file server to become the new DC?
What other services would you like to run on the exchange box? Check out the link below on exchange servers and domain controllers.
Thanks
Mike
On 8/3/06, Chris Pohlschneider < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
I have some questions about doing a migration from Windows 2000 AD to Win2k3AD. Our current environment entails two Windows 2000 AD domain controllers running DNS,WINS, DHCP. We also have Exchange 2003 installed on a separate Windows 2003 Server. We want to keep the same domain name and move all of the services that run on the old Windows 2000 Domain controllers onto the Exchange server and also our main file server which is Windows 2003 Server. I am a bit of a newbie and would like some guidance on how to perform this upgrade. I appreciate any help. Sorry for asking this question again, but I have misplaced the e-mails from this last discussion.
Chris Pohlschneider
Holloway Sportswear IT
937-494-2559
937-497-7300 (Fax)
