Re: 2003 native mode with NT4 DC's

From: ptwilliams (ptw2001_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 08:24:48 -0000

I've not used this myself, but have read many people in these groups say
that it works and it works well:
 -- http://utools.com/UPromote.asp

That'll demote a BDC to a member server... 

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"Mark Renoden [MSFT]" <markreno@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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Hi James
You can't move to Windows 2003 native mode with NT4 BDC's still in the mix.
Unfortunately, there's no way of "demoting" and NT4 BDC so that it's just a
member server.  It involves a re-install or requires you to upgrade the
machine to Windows Server 2003.
Kind regards
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"James" <lynxo78@nospamherexxx.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> If I have a 2003 native mode domain with NT4 DC's, will the NT4 ones still
> attempt to authenticate clients?
>
> I am faced with a scenario where I want to move a mixed mode 2003/NT4
> domain
> to native mode, but it will not be easy, for other reasons to decomission
> the NT4 DC's, as they run other key applications. If they will still pose
> a
> potential problem, is there anyway to tell them not to be a DC without
> removing them from the domain?
> The primary reason I need to move the mixed mode domain to native, is
> because exchange 5.5 will be migrated to 2003 (mixed mode method). There
> are
> lots of public folders with exchange 5.5 distribution lists for
> permissions.
> These will not work if a domain is in mixed mode, with a mixed exchange
> 5.5/2003 org, as universal security groups cannot be used in a mixed mode
> domain. I'd rather avoid having to re-permission the public folders with
> individual accounts...hence the reason for this.
>
> Clients are 98-XP. WINS is used.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
>

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