RE: migrating to w2k3 from nt4...yet another question

From: Mat (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:51:56 -0800

Hi there :)

Thanks for your quick reply. Here are the answers:

1. There is only 1 pure NT4 domain

2. The domain structure is working well, so it will not
be changed.

3. The only problem with an upgrade, is that the current
PDC which is being replaced does not meet the hardware
requirements for an upgrade, which is why we are looking
at a migration. But if you have any more ideas, that
would be great! And thanks for those articles, they will
be very handy ;)

Mat
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello Mat,
>
>Thank you for your post.
>
>May I know the following?
>
>1. How many domains are there now? (Is it A "pure NT
domain", or two
>domains as there are "two NT 4 PDCs"?)
>
>2. Is he satisfied with the current domain structure?
>
>If there is only one domain and he do not need to
restructure the domain at
>this time, I think an upgrade is better than migration.
So we do not need
>to run ADMT in this situation.
>
>I hope the following references are helpful:
>
>Restructuring Windows NT 4.0 Domains to an Active
Directory Forest
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/prodtechn
>ol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/deployguide/dssbh_rera_usbf
.asp
>
>Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/prodtechn
>ol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/deployguide/default.asp
>
>Migrating Windows NT Server 4.0 Domains to Windows
Server 2003 Active
>Directory
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/why
upgrade/nt4/nt4domt
>oad.mspx
>
>Upgrading from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server
2003
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/why
upgrade/nt4/nt4tows
>03-2.mspx
>
>Windows NT Server 4.0 Upgrade Guide
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/partners/isvs/
ntmigrate.mspx
>
>326209 HOW TO: Upgrade a Windows NT 4.0-Based PDC to a
Windows Server 2003
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326209
>
>Thanks!
>
>Regards,
>Joe Wu
>Product Support Services
>Microsoft Corporation
>
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>|Hello all!
>
>My client has a pure NT4 domain, but the PDC in the main
office needs to be
>replaced, so we figured this would be the time to go to
w2k3. Here is the
>setup:
>
>2 NT 4 PDC's (one in the main office, and the other in a
brach office
>connected thru VPN)
>1 NT 4 member server.
>
>We are wondering what the easiest way is to transition
to W2K3, but in our
>reading of upgrade information, we haven't been able to
figure out the best
>method for our situation. Is the ADMT as easy to use as
the articles say,
>or is there a few well known gotcha's ?
>
>Any information relating to this would be greatly
appreciated 8)
>
>Mat
>|
>
>.
>

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