Re: Domain Restructure

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


Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 06:04:42 -0700

Thanks for the reply, Marin.

Just to be clear...After user accounts are migrated and
IIS member server is moved to new Win2003 domain, will I
NOT need to reset permissions on folders/files on the IIS
member server?

Scott
  
>-----Original Message-----
>In article <1a2a701c422f7$4a0b7d70$a601280a@phx.gbl>,
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a new Win2003 domain and an old NT 4.0 domain.
>> The NT 4.0 domain has a member server running
Win2000/IIS
>> 5.0 and about 50 websites.
>>
>> I want to do two things:
>> 1. Move the IIS member server to the new Win2003
domain.
>> 2. Migrate the NT 4.0 user accounts to the Win2003
domain
>> and shut down the NT 4.0 domain.
>>
>> What is the cleanest way to accomplish this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Scott
>>
>You can join the web server to the new domain at any
time. If you do
>authentication, setup a trust between the two domains.
>
>Are you using the same NetBIOS names for both domains?
If not, use
>Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) v2.0 to migrate
the security
>principals (user,groups,computers). You can also migrate
user passwords
>if you wish.
>
>Another approach would be doing an in-place upgrade of
the NT 4.0
>domain, joining it to the Win2K3 forest, and then
restructuring withing
>the forest.
>
>I'd go for the first approach - you get a cleaner setup,
leave
>everything behind you, and minimize the risk of annoying
problems
>arising. Remember to sync a BDC and turn it off before
starting the
>migration so you have a backup path in case things go
wrong.
>
>HTH
>--
>Cheers,
> Marin Marinov
> MCT,MCSE 2003,MCSE:Security 2003
>-
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no
>rights.
>.
>



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