Re: Move TS from workgroup to domain?

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Donna D wrote:
Hi,

We have a Win2k3 TS in workgroup mode that connects us to our Netware server. We're (finally!) getting rid of our Netware server & replacing it with a Win2k3 server. The new server will be a domain. What's the best practice for changing the TS server from wg mode to domain mode? Just join the domain? Make it some sort of a controller? These will be our only 2 servers.

I am not qualified to specifically answer your question because
I do not deal with Netware.

Some of the things I would think about before the move are:

Are your current user logins local to your current TS server or
do they get their access rights from the Netware server.

If they are local to the TS, you will need to recreate the logins
and passwords in A/D.

Where are your user profiles stored? Are they on the TS or in
Netware's LDAP directory (don't know if Netware has a special
name for this or not)?

As for the TS itself, you just add the server to the domain and that
is it.

Once you have the A/D Server setup and you have added the TS server
to the domain, you are going to want to move it into its own OU
in A/D.

Google search this group for more information regarding adding a TS
to A/D, group policy and locking down TS with group policy.

Also, check out http://ts.veranoest.net/ and www.sessioncomputing.com
for more information regarding TS and A/D.

Hopefully others in this group can help explicitly with the
Netware side of things.

moncho



Thx,

DD


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