Re: Adding a Windows 2003 GC to a Windows 2000 AD

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In broad strokes, you've got the correct steps there. Check the following
KB article to make sure that your existing environment is ready for the move
to 2003, particularly if you've got Exchange 2000 anywhere on your network:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=325379

HTH


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"Jan" <jsn @ linak dot com> wrote in message
news:eo91pIaHGHA.2680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
>
> Is the following possible:
>
> I would like to "upgrade" our current Windows 2000 Active Directory to
> a Windwos 2003 Active Directory. Could i just run the two following
> commands:
>
> ADPrep /forestprep
> and
> ADPrep /domainprep
>
> And then bring a Windows 2003 server online and add it to the domain and
> afterwards run dcpromo to add it as a domain controller. After that i
> would
> like to make it the Global catalog server.
> Is this the right way for doing this ?.
>
> Thanks,
> Jan -
>
>


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