RE: MIgrating NT4.0 network to Server 2003

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Hello,

Thanks for your post.

Based on your current situation, I suggest you perform the following
upgrade steps to achieve the goal:

1. Install NT 4.0 BDC on the new box.

2. Promote the BDC to the PDC, which meanwhile demotes the original NT PDC
to a BDC automatically.

3. Do a full backup of the former PDC

4. Upgrade the new PDC to Windows Server 2003.

5. Use the Windows Server 2003 Active Directory wizard to turn on the
Active Directory service. The Active Directory service imports the existing
user accounts, groups, and other settings from the PDC.

How to Verify an Active Directory Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298143

6. Verify all directory information has replicated.

Verify successful replication to a domain controller
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Opera
tions/00e7f86b-ccd3-4cb8-9a01-bf747241b500.mspx

I suggest you check the following KB articles to migrate to Win2k3 from NT4:

For more details, please refer to the following articles:

Migrating Windows NT Server 4.0 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Active
Directory
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/whyupgrade/nt4/nt4dom
toad.mspx>

Upgrading from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/whyupgrade/nt4/nt4tows
03-2.mspx

HTH!

Thanks & Regards

Amanda Wang [MSFT]

Microsoft Online Partner Support

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>We have a single domain network with one NT40 server (PDC).We have
purchased
>a new Dell server on which we are going to install Server 2003. I want to
>leave the NT server on the network for a while to act as a file server.I
am
>not quite sure of the exact migration path to follow.
>
>Do I need to demote the NT40 PDC to a BDC, and what steps do you reccomend
>that I follow for the migration?
>
>Thank you
>--
>Alan B
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