Re: Need basics for joining two domains into one forest

you cannot merge a domain from one forest into another forest...

migration is the way to go

see:
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2006/12/27/Migrating-stuff-with-ADMTv3.aspx

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<ttripp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've worked with AD for several years, but I've never had to merge two
disparate domains together. My company just purchased another, which
is how these things always start, so I need to bring this second
company's AD structure under my own. My idea is to merge the two
domains into a single forest, then once that's stable, to make the
second company a subdomain of the first.

Are there any good online resources anyone can recommend on how to do
this? I also have to merge their Exchange with ours. Unfortunately, I
don't have a lab that I could run first, so this has to be right the
first time. Thanks!



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