Adding a Windows 2003 Child.Domain to a Windows 2000 Forest.Domain

Hi,

This is a good site.
http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/38998/38998.html

But basically, just do a dcpromo on the server, and choose add a new domain to an existing tree or forest, you can then choose what name the new domain should be..

I will give it a shot! Thanks

The Operation Failed because The version of Active Directory Schema of the Source Forestis not compatible with the version of Active Directory on the server I want to set up a Child.Domain.

The error suggests I run adprep for forest and domain....so I will give it a shot.

Hi,

Sorry, didn't read that part of the question. If hyou have a 2000 domain and you install a 2003 server, you indeed need to run the adprep /domainprep and /forestprep (first forestprep of course)...

OK so I can't run adprep/forestprep or domainprep on the 2003 server because its not a DC, so I should run adprep on the 2000 DC?  Confusing stuff!  Any ideas?

Hi,

Yes, you should need to run it on the 2000 machine, because the 2000 domain should be prepared for a 2003 server, not the other way around... It sounds confuising, but actually is very logical... Do this using the 2003 CD...

Dumb Question:
Doing this in a production environment, will this halt services of any kind or have a potential to ruin the DC. It is WIndows OS ya know =)

Thanks for the tips and assistance!  The schema upgrade worked perfect.