Re: Pitfalls of Combining DC, DNS, DHCP

From: Scott Harding - MS MVP (scrockel_at_**NO_SPAM**hotmail.com)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 14:21:01 -0700

These will run fine on the same machine. Typically you want DNS to run on
your DC's because of how tightly integrated AD and DNS is. DHCP will do just
fine too. These types of services really don't bring the system down as much
as running multiple applications on the same box like SQL or Exchange. I
would recommend that those apps run on seperate servers but what your
describing should run great! 

-- 
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server
"SWE" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:2naaohFuprt3U1@uni-berlin.de...
> We have limited funds at my company and are getting ready to purchase a
> Windows 2003 Server to be accessed by 35 users. I know we can put the DC,
> DNS, and DHCP all on the same machine. However, I'd like to know what
kinds
> of problems we might run into by combining all these services. Also, if
it's
> recommended that they be separated (may not be an option for us though)
> which services are more likely to play nice with each other?
>
> If you need more information from me in order to answer this question,
> please let me know what I've missed. Thanks in advance.
>
>

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