Re: Trying to set up Domain instead of workgroup

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Thanks, Danny. I am aware of how to add the computers to the domain, I
guess
I'm concerned with assigning roles, security settings, etc. Any
tips/suggestions?

Not aware of any roles that can be assigned to a workstation. For Security
you should look into group policy. You assign group policies to an OU. Then
you move computers/users into that OU to have the group policies applied to
those computers/users. I would suggest not setting up your OU and group
Policy structure until you have a firm grasp of what it can do and how you
want to use it. You might not want/need to use separate OUs. You might want
to create a OU to put your laptop users in and set security policies based
on the fact that these computers will be leaving the office and may get
lost/stolen, where as the desktop computers *probably* wouldn't need the
same security GPO.

See;
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818735/en-us


hth

"Crockett" <Crockett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks, Danny. I am aware of how to add the computers to the domain, I
guess
I'm concerned with assigning roles, security settings, etc. Any
tips/suggestions?

The link you provided may prove helpful in migrating user profiles.

"Danny Sanders" wrote:

You add the servers and workstations to the domain by manually going into
the properties of my computer - computername tab then click change. You
have
to do this from the server/workstation.


Oh...and can I pull over my existing user profiles as are on the other
servers somehow?

See if this helps:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555542/en-us

hth
DDS

"Crockett" <Crockett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Oh...and can I pull over my existing user profiles as are on the other
servers somehow?

"Crockett" wrote:

I have about 20 users all networked through a workgroup, but would
like
to
implement a domain instead. I've set up Active Directory on a Win2003
server,
and have successfully added a test workstation and user to the domain.
I
can
see my domain from the test workstation, and can see the workstation
from
the
server.

Now what? How do I go about migrating the other servers and
workstations
in
the most seamless manner?





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