Re: WinNT Domain to Win2K Active Directory? Help!!!

Hi ,

--- I have another question. On our Network there are about 7 Domains.
Each
---Domain has it's own set of Administrators. Is it possible for my to just
---perform the upgrade to Active Directory on my Domain, and those other
---domains can remain NT until those Admins feel like doing their upgrade?

Of course, others can upgrade their domain whenever they want.

--- Also, we already have a Server 2000 running our DNS and WINS, do I
need to
----do anything on them? If not, then in the basic of terms, couldn't I
create
----a NT Server as a BDC, promote it to PDC, and then upgrade it to 2000 AD
and
----I would be running in Mixed Mode. Then from there I can spend time
----configuring everything?

Yes. Again, please refer to the article I provided before perform operation.

Thanks.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Vincent,

I have another question. On our Network there are about 7 Domains.
Each
Domain has it's own set of Administrators. Is it possible for my to just
perform the upgrade to Active Directory on my Domain, and those other
domains can remain NT until those Admins feel like doing their upgrade?

Also, we already have a Server 2000 running our DNS and WINS, do I need
to
do anything on them? If not, then in the basic of terms, couldn't I
create
a NT Server as a BDC, promote it to PDC, and then upgrade it to 2000 AD
and
I would be running in Mixed Mode. Then from there I can spend time
configuring everything?


"Vincent Xu [MSFT]" <v-xuwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi John,

From your description, you only want to perform a in-place upgrade to
AD.
I hope following article can help you:

Upgrading Windows NT 4.0 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory

<http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/b170bdc5-ba55-4184-8
a8f-acb7705ff04a1033.mspx?mfr=true>

Regarding the Exchagne 5.5, we can either upgrade it or move mailbox to
Exchange 2000.

Method1. Perform an inplace upgrade to Exchange 2000. Normally, this
method
would be the most simple way. For the detailed info about how to do so,
please refer to the following KB article:
324318 HOW TO: Migrate from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange 2000 by
Using
the
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324318

Method2. Migrate to Exchange 2000 server on a new machine. To do so,
please
refer to the following process:
1. Install Windows 2000 on the new machine and join into the original
domain.
2. Prepare Exchange 5.5 for migration. Note: you may need to run
NTDSNoMatch utility on this step. More info here:
274173 XADM: Documentation for the NTDSNoMatch Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274173
3. Install Microsoft Exchange ADC on the new matchine provided by
Exchange
2000 CD and create two-way connection agreements. More info here:
296260 XGEN: How to Configure a Two-Way Recipient Connection Agreement
for
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296260
4. Install Exchange 2000 server into the same Site as the existing
Exchange
5.5 server.
5. Migration of Mailboxes and Public Folders
6. Move all other resources and the remove the last Exchange 5.5 server
from the site. More info here:
284148 XADM: How to Remove the Last Exchange Server 5.5 Computer from an
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=284148

For the detailed info about this process, please refer to the following
KB
article:
316886 HOW TO: Migrate from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange 2000 Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316886

For additional information about Exchange 5.5 migration, please refer to
the following articles:
Migrating Mailboxes from Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 to Microsoft
Exchange 2000 Server

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/library/mme55e2k.
mspx

Upgrading from Exchange Server 5.5
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/interop/55.asp

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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We currently have a WinNT Domain, with 4 Domain Controllers, 1 PDC and
3
BDC. We are also running Exchange 5.5. It has been 3 yrs we have been
trying to get management to have someone come in to upgrade us. We have
our
licenses for Exchange 2000 and Win2K Active Directory. So I am at the
point
where I am going to do this myself. What are the steps I need to do.
Most
of our desktops are either Win2K or WinXP already. We have a few other
domains(NT) with trusts to our domain.

Are the steps I need to take, I think? Make another clean NT Server
as a
BDC, patch it up, then promote that to my PDC. Then throw in a Win2K cd
and
upgrade it. This will put me in Mixed Mode and have Active Directory
running
along side NT with the BDC's, correct? Will Exchange 5.5 still work?
Can
I
install Exchange 2000 on another Server and move my mailboxes to it?
with
5.5 still running? Once I get Active Directory installed and running in
mixed mode, am I at the point where I just need to move my User
Accounts,
is
there anything else, I appreciate any help!!








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