Aside from installing DNS and transferring the FSMO roles, you should also consider:
You will need to run adprep (forestprep and domainprep) before bringing the new W2K3
DCs into the forest.
GC placement. DCs are not enabled as GCs by default (except for the first DC in the
forest), so you sho
Mike,
I see no problem with this. After running DCPromo, install DNS and have
the Windows 2003 servers running DNS. You will want to move your FSMO
roles from the 2000 DCs to the 2003 DCs. You can then run DCPromo on
the Windows 2000 DCs with no problems.
Dennis
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to 2003 AD domain
So, I have 2
new servers running windows 2003 and I’m currently in a