Re: 2003 Member server turn into a new domain controller?

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From: JP Morgan (morgan_at_do.not.use.com)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:58:44 -0500

Phillip Renouf wrote:
> Migrations are a fairly common phenomenon for upgrading from NT4 to Active
> Directory or to acomplish a domain restructuring.
>
> In your case I think it may just be worthwhile to upgrade your NT4 domain.
> You would do this by upgrading your NT4 PDC to Windows 2003 which will make
> that PDC an Active Directory DC. By doing this you keep everything the same,
> users, groups, computer accounts etc. will all still be there.
>
> Phil
>
> "JP Morgan" wrote:
>
>
>>I assume you've used this to accomplish what I'm talking about? With
>>only 20 users in the domain, I was about to just have them redo their
>>username/passwords.
>>

Well, they want to change the domain name altogether. I don't have
another copy of 2003 to install on the PDC nor do I think it has enough
power to take the upgrade.

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