RE: Pros and Cons of Merging/Not-merging two independent AD domains of a company

Ken, Thanks for replying. We did not create two AD forests. These used to be two separate companies -- now one, with distinct areas of business. Jay ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ ~

RE: Pros and Cons of Merging/Not-merging two independent AD domains of a company

esday, 27 May 2008 7:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Pros and Cons of Merging/Not-merging two independent AD domains of a company We have to tell the management Pros and Cons of these 2 scenarios: 1. Keeping two domains (with their own AD forests) separate but with trusts between th

Pros and Cons of Merging/Not-merging two independent AD domains of a company

We have to tell the management Pros and Cons of these 2 scenarios: 1. Keeping two domains (with their own AD forests) separate but with trusts between the two domains. 2. Merging one AD domain in to other AD forest as a child domain. (Both forests have Exchange 2K3.) Of course, the biggest advan