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I have a brand new server that is going to be my dc in 2003, I am planning on upgrading the domain etc in the following way, I am not a great Windows admin so any suggestions or considerations is what I am looking for or even a better plan.<br />
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Created another NT BDC this has synced.<br />
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Take the BDC and put it on a private network or vlan, then upgrade that server to 2003 AD etc, then take my new server and install 2003 on this same private lan as the same server as the NT Domain controller, then copy all the files to the new 2k3 server from the NT Domain controller after I rename it.. Setup the print queues on the new 2k3 server. &nbsp;I am sure I am simplifying and missing something. &nbsp;<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Michael 
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I have a brand new server that is going to be my dc in 2003, I am planning on upgrading the domain etc in the following way, I am not a great Windows admin so any suggestions or considerations is what I am looking for or even a better plan.

Created another NT BDC this has synced.

Take the BDC and put it on a private network or vlan, then upgrade that server to 2003 AD etc, then take my new server and install 2003 on this same private lan as the same server as the NT Domain controller, then copy all the files to the new 2k3 server from the NT Domain controller after I rename it.. Setup the print queues on the new 2k3 server.  I am sure I am simplifying and missing something.  

Thanks,
Michael 

Upgrading from NT to 2003

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).