Win 2008 Server DC in a Win 2003 Domain
Active Directory, Domain Controller, Exchange 2003, Windows 2003 domain, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
I have a domain win 4 branch office. All DC's are W2K3 and I'm running Exchange 2003. All member servers are W2K3. I need to replace a branch office DC (W2K3). I have no plans to replace any other DC's at this time. Question: is it safe to replace the branch office DC with a 2008 Server without making any other changes/upgrades to the domain. Server will be running AD, DNS, DHCP, WINS.
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May 2, 2008 1:43 PM
UPDATED:
May 5, 2008 1:34 PM
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Technically this should work with a few tweaks but I have not tried it nor would I recommend just doing it in a live environment. Can you do it in a lab first?
To have the 2008 machine be a DC, you have to upgrade the schema before, otherwise just
add it as a member server. <a href="http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/15883a88-9a03-46da-8c7d-bc4ed84ff3021033.mspx?mfr=true">See this page for more information.</a>
Here is a list of the schema updates needed:
Sch32.ldf
Sch33.ldf
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Sch35.ldf
Sch36.ldf
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Sch38.ldf
Sch39.ldf
Sch40.ldf
Sch41.ldf
Sch42.ldf
Sch43.ldf
Sch44.ldf
They can all be grabbed from here:
<a href="http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/9824091d-e659-4619-8051-1c2aa2c2198e1033.mspx?mfr=true">Via microsoft.</a>
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