Re: Trusts with external domain and Domain/Forest Functional Levels

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forgot to say:
external trusts do not require any DFL/FLL. Forest trusts require at least FFL = w2k3 at both endpoints

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"MyGposts" <mygposts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:a22acad5-5100-4d54-b1c3-213ba64acc40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
When you have a trust with an external domain, do your forest and
domain functional levelsa need to match?
We are wondering if raising our forest and domain functional levels
could break trusts with other domain if our local domain is at a
higher functional level.

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