Re: New SBS 2003 joining to existing network

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Hello Don,

Thank you for posting back.

Based on the KB article below, we do not recommend using a public domain
name (.com domain suffix) as the internal domain name since this may lead
to many issues:

296250 The Domain Name System name recommendations for Small Business Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296250

Note: Although this KB applies on SBS domain, it can also apply on a
standard Windows domain.

So, based on the information you provided, we suggest that use the SBS as
the DC to manage your network. To do that, we may migrate the data from
Windows Server 2003 domain to SBS 2003 domain by performing the steps in
the document below:

Migrating from Small Business Server 2000 or Windows 2000 Server to Windows
Small Business Server 2003
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=16414

After you perform the steps below, please demote the Windows Server 2003 to
the workgroup mode by running "dcpromo", and then join it into the SBS 2003
domain as a member server or an additional DC.

Hope this information answers your questions. Thank you for your time.

Best regards,

Brandy Nee

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