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I am looking for articles to d othe following: I just adding a new 2008 server that will be a DC.

Make the server 2008 a domain controller
transfer roles from 2003 to 2008 DC
Should anything be done before adding 2008 DC?
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Yes you need to prep your forest/domains, more details and step by step in the links below

Quick initial comment, have you thought about going to 2008 R2?

High level steps:

prep your forest for 2008
install the 2008 member server (can be done before the prep too)
use dcpromo to promote the box
make the box a global catalog (does it by default in the 2008 dcpromo process)
if you have DNS on your 2003 box install it on the 2008 box
At that point you have a fully functional 2008 DC
Transfer FSMO roles to 2008 box
Point clients (static and DHCP) to the new box for DNS services.
once all your 2003 DCs are demoted you can raise the functional level.

There is a lot of great info on this subject already so I won't rewrite the book.  

The official Microsoft document

·     http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FA629DE2-F4DD-47AC-8D80-3DB46B2877A2&displaylang=en

 

I also really like two blog entries by MVPs on the upgrade.  One is from Meinolf the other from Sander.  

·     http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/archive/2010/02/10/upgrading-an-active-directory-domain-from-windows-server-2003-to-windows-server-2008-or-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx



·     http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sanderberkouwer/archive/2010/05/26/transitioning-your-active-directory-to-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx

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Mike
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Yes, It is actually 2008 R2. I will go over these articles..
ok one thing to note that people miss is that the prep on 2008 R2 contains

adprep32  and adprep

I'm guessing your current 2003 box is 32 bit (x86) so use adprep32

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Mike
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It is 2003 32 bit x86, adprep32 it is..
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So I use adprep32.exe on the current 2003 DC?
and when transfering roles
Type ntdsutil and hit Enter. The prompt will then display “ntdsutil:”.
Type roles and hit Enter. The prompt will then display “fsmo maintenance:”.
Type connections and hit Enter. The prompt will then display “server connections:”.
Type connect to server [servername],   with [servername] as  the name of the target Windows Server
[servername = new 2008 DC?
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ANd the new 2008 is 64bit
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