Re: Empty Root, Peer-Root, and/or Placeholder Domain

From: Joe Richards [MVP] (humorexpress_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 18:03:53 -0400

Create your forest root domain first.

When you upgrade your NT domain, you tell it to join the forest that you already
created.

   joe 

--
Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net
Todd wrote:
> I'm putting together a plan to upgrade from WinNT 4.0 to Windows 2003 AD.
> We would like to use an empty root domain (also known as Peer-Root and or
> Placeholder Domain) model.  However I think I ran into a snag.  I am
> planning on upgrading from NT to 2003, NOT migrating to 2003.  This way we
> would not have to reconfigure the some 200 workstations to join the new
> domain and worry about profiles and permissions.
> 
> However I think the snag is that after I upgrade to 2003, that 2003 DC
> domain will be the root domain containing all the users from the old NT
> domain.  I guess I could then create a child domain and move all the users
> into it but now I'm faced with having to reconfigure the workstations.  Am I
> correct in this assumption?  Is there another way?
> 
> Thanks much!!!!
> Todd
> 
>

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