Re: W2K RIS Servers in W2K3 Domain

From: Chriss3 (noSpamHere_at_chrisse.se)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:53:55 +0100

Hi Brendon. This is actually not really true. It depends on NTLM version if
you use you have to use NTLM2.

Setting the LAN Manager Authentication Level on a network that includes RIS:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/sag_RIS_NTLM_NTLMv2_choices.asp

Have a nice day! I hope that above helps. 

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Christoffer Andersson
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"Brendon Rogers" <brendon@nospam-itology.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:uHcir0sBEHA.2800@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> We currently have a single Windows 2000 domain in native mode; there are
> several RIS servers in this domain - 1 per site.
>
> We're considering upgrading the domain (forestprep, adprep) to Windows
2003
> at Windows 2000 functional level. This should allow us to have one or more
> Windows 2003 DCs into our existing Active Directory infrastructure and
have
> all the DCs play nicely together.
>
> However, something I find very concerning in MS's documentation:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/whyupgrade/win2k/w2ktows03-2.mspx
>
> "Working with Remote Installation Services
> All editions of the Windows Server 2003 family, with the exception of the
> Web Edition, have Remote Installation Services (RIS), a change and
> configuration management feature that was also included with Windows 2000.
> RIS enables you to set up new client computers remotely, without the need
to
> physically visit each client machine. You can use RIS to install operating
> systems on remote boot-enabled client computers by connecting the computer
> to the network, starting the client computer, and logging on with a valid
> user account.
> If your network uses RIS with Windows 2000 Server, you should make the RIS
> server the first computer that you upgrade to Windows Server 2003. You
won't
> be able to use RIS later unless it is upgraded first because of design
> changes in the way that Active Directory performs authentication.
Upgrading
> the RIS server to Windows Server 2003 gives it the ability to communicate
> with the remaining Windows 2000 domain controllers, as well as with
Windows
> Server 2003 domain controllers."
>
> If I am reading this right its not possible to have a Windows 2000 RIS
> server in a Windows 2003 domain (even if we still have W2K DCs). Because
we
> have multiple sites, each with a RIS server, we would have to upgrade the
> domain to W2K3 then upgrade each RIS server otherwise they would stop
> functioning.
>
> Can anyone confirm this is the case? Are there any work arounds?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Brendon
>
>
>
>
>

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