Re: Active Directory interim set up

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Hi Jimmy,

Thanks for your reply. Our main office is not ready for W2K3 migration so I
can't do anything there. Or you're referring to the reverse, setup the
remote office as W2K3 and leave the main office NT4? I actually posted on
windownt.domain as well and Rebecca replied with some additional
information.

In this scenario though, I assume I need to do the following:

a) install NT4 as BDC in the existing domain structure (NT4 domain) from
remote office
b) promote the BDC as PDC
c) install W2K3 and run it in interim mode
d) apply NT4 registry to make W2K3 runs like NT4

I suppose at this point, I can demote the PDC and select a BDC from the
corporate office as PDC?

Thanks,

Simon



"Jimmy Andersson [MVP]" <jimmy_NO_SPAM_@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You can use other DNS's than MS for Active Directory, for details see:
> -http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/0fe0c60c-ab2a-415d-acc1-09c38860b018.mspx
> -http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323419
> -http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314780
>
> Upgrading from NT4 to 2003 info:
> -http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/whyupgrade/nt4/nt4domtoad.mspx
> To make it short, you upgrade your PDC to W2K3, set the Forest and Domain
> functional level to Interim. You must upgrade the PDC first, after that
> you can upgrade your branch office and the other DCs whenever you feel
> like it.
>
> DC replication and firewalls:
> -http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/technologies/activedirectory/deploy/confeat/adrepfir.mspx
>
> Regards,
> /Jimmy
> --
> Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB
> Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
> ---------- www.qadvice.com ----------
>
>
> "Newbie" <newbie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Currently our company has about 600 computers running NT4 Domain. We
>> don't plan on upgrading to Active Directory 2003 anytime soon. However,
>> I'll be going oversea to configure our remote site and I'd like to know
>> how I can run Windows 2003 Active Directory in interim mode?
>>
>> The 2 sites will be integrated with CheckPoint firewall so the remote
>> site will be on a different subnet. As it stands, DNS is on an Unix
>> machine in which I think for Active Directory, I have to use DNS from
>> Active Directory, am I correct? Not sure about using interim mode
>> though.
>>
>> How do I run the dcpromo wizard and what option do I select so I can
>> retain the NT4 domain and yet, using Active Directory for our remote
>> office?
>>
>> Thanks for your assistance.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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