Re: Domain Functional Levels and Trusts

"Adam" <no@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Everyone -
>
> I need to build a trust between two domains in separate forests. One
> domain is Windows 2000 Mixed Mode and the other has a Windows 2003 Domain
> Functional Level.
>
> I just want to confirm that because one of the domains has a Windows 2003
> Functional Level, I will need to upgrade the other domain to the same
> level before the trust can be built, correct?

No.

You can always (in any mode) use EXTERNAL trusts between
a pair of domains which are not in the same forest.

Those two domains may be in any mode or may even include
an NT domain.

In fact, the domain mode is only peripherally relevant to the
other type of trust, i.e., Forest Trust, since this requires both
FORESTS to be in Win2003 Forest Functional Level.

(Yes, indirectly this requires the domain to be in the Win2003
Server-native mode, but that is not the KEY requirement.)

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