windows 2000 mixed to windows 2000 native question

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I'm about to promote my domain to windows 2000 native and had a few questions.

We have 6 domain controllers.. 4 windows 2000 SP4 and 2 windows 2003 (one is r2 sp2..) the other I believe is just win2k3 sp2.

I just finished cleaning up the AD metadata with ntdsutil for all our old DC's that don't exist. We have no NT4 machines in our domain(all are 2000+).. I've read that I initiate the change from the DC that holds the FSMO and pdc emulator roles... so im clear on that..

what im not clear on is.. I read someplace that "all DC's need to be rebooted after they display "native mode" after the domain level is raised on the PDC emulator." I've been working on this sporadically... so it is entirely possible that I dreamt this one night during an AD nightmare... I just spent an hour trying to find this blurb on the net.. and I can't which is why I think I dreamt it.. any thoughts there would be appreciated..

When I raise the domain functional level to windows 2000 native.. will the forest functional level automatically be raised? or do I need to raise that separately? Will it really be as simple as raising the level on my one win2k3 DC(which is the fsmo/pdc emu dc..) and just watching replication occur?

I think I'm over exciting myself for this and looking for crazy things to happen when it should be a non-event.


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Relevant Pages

  • RE: External Trusts from Win2k3 to Win Nt 4
    ... Raise the domain functional level will not affect the trusts relationship. ... It only affect the DCs in the Windows 2003 domain. ... For more information about Windows 2003 domain and forest function levels, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.migration)
  • Re: Domain Functional Levels
    ... if I understood, I can now immediatelly raise the functional ... >>I migrated recently my Windows 2000 Server based AD to Windows Server ... I see that domain functional level is 'Windows 2000 mixed' yet. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: windows 2000 mixed to windows 2000 native question
    ... My forest is windows 2000 and domain is windows ... > When I raise the domain functional level to windows 2000 native.. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • RE: External Trusts from Win2k3 to Win Nt 4
    ... > Raise the domain functional level will not affect the trusts relationship. ... > It only affect the DCs in the Windows 2003 domain. ... > For more information about Windows 2003 domain and forest function levels, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.migration)
  • Re: Windows 2008 in Existing Domain - Rqmts??
    ... The Windows 2000 mixed mode or Windows 2003 interim mode is only required if you have Windows NT 4 domain controllers. ... I stress this because some people are reluctant to raise the domain functional level to Windows 2000 native mode when they have some Windows NT 4 computer that is member server or workstation. ... Exchange 2007 requires universal groups and indeed uses mostly universal groups. ... When in all domains in your forest you have only Win 2003 DC's, you can raise forest functional level to Windows 2003. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)