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I'm looking at a Windows network and all of the servers &amp;&nbsp;workstations belong to a workgroup. &nbsp;There's no domain. &nbsp;Two of the servers are running Windows 2003 Standard Editioin and they are both running the cluster service. &nbsp;All the PCs are in a workgroup.<br />
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I thought that for clustering to work the servers HAD to be in a domain and/or had to be domain controllers, and/or dns servers. &nbsp;None of that is the case. <br />
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I want to convert the network to a domain. &nbsp;Any suggestions as to how to proceed? &nbsp;Do I just pick one of the clustered servers and promote it to DC?<br />
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Seth<br />

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I'm looking at a Windows network and all of the servers & workstations belong to a workgroup.  There's no domain.  Two of the servers are running Windows 2003 Standard Editioin and they are both running the cluster service.  All the PCs are in a workgroup.

I thought that for clustering to work the servers HAD to be in a domain and/or had to be domain controllers, and/or dns servers.  None of that is the case. 

I want to convert the network to a domain.  Any suggestions as to how to proceed?  Do I just pick one of the clustered servers and promote it to DC?

Seth


Clustered Servers in a Workgroup

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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).