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add SBS 2011 server to Window 2003 Active Directory domain

I currently have one Windows 2003 Server acting as an active directory domain controller for 15 users/pcs. I would like to add a SBS 2011 server to the domain as the primary domain controller. I need to keep the 2003 server in place because it is hosting an oracle DB that is supported by a third party. Is this possible to do? Would it be considered a migration? Anyone know where I might find the steps to do this?
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Yes - it is perfectly possible to do but you would need to build the SBS 2011 server, join it to the existing domain and then transfer the FSMO roles to the SBS server and then the SBS server would be happy.

It is not really a migration as you are not migrating from anything - just adding SBS to the domain and switching the roles across.
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Will this process demote the 2003 server to a member server? My concern is that this process might break something with the oracle DB.
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Thanks for the help!