[ActiveDir] DC or not DC

2005-02-16 Thread Alonzo Hess
Last night I received the latest MCPMag email newsletter and always read the questions that people ask. I was kind of surprised by the opening sentence of the question. "I know that the Microsoft gospel is never to run Exchange, SQL Server, etc. on a domain controller." I've never seen or heard thi

[ActiveDir] Sanity Check

2005-01-20 Thread Alonzo Hess
First, let me thank everyone who has responded to my questions over the past week. You've set my mind at ease on a subject that I know little about, but am learning every day. I found these instructions on adding a Win2k3 server to a Win2k domain and would like to know your thoughts on the pro

Re: [ActiveDir] Changing to Native mode and running AdPrep

2005-01-19 Thread Alonzo Hess
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[ActiveDir] Changing to Native mode and running AdPrep

2005-01-19 Thread Alonzo Hess
We are planning on introducing a Win2k3 server(this at some point will become a Exchange2k3 machine) to our domain which consists of one Win2k DC that everyone uses to login to the domain. I'm assuming that I need to switch to native mode before running Adprep on the Win2k DC. Is this correct a

[ActiveDir] More questions from a new AD parent

2005-01-17 Thread Alonzo Hess
Thanks to everyone that answered my previous questions about some groups in AD that I couldn't find. Turns out that they were filtered and I didn't see that. So thanks for a very obvious solution. Now on to my next question. The AD that a have inherited has one DC which is named ntfs1.blahco.co

[ActiveDir] Sorry about the subject on the previous post

2005-01-10 Thread Alonzo Hess
Sorry about the subject on the previous post, That was another question I was going to ask. Alonzo 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/

[ActiveDir] Domain name and server name don't match

2005-01-10 Thread Alonzo Hess
Apparently I'm now the new parent of an(misconfigured, I thnk ) AD that was unceremoniously dumped in my lap. Not having any 'real' experience with AD I set off on a search. I've used my trusty O'Reilly Bookshelf to grab some of the more recomended books (AD Cookbook, AD Forestry and Inside Active