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Right basically I have a Windows 2003 server Standard Edition running company.com as a domain controller, DNS, DHCP (192.168.0.X), SQL, Exchange 2003. I know SQL and exchange is not a good practise, but there we are.
So now, I'm getting another server today at the company.com location to set it up, once its setup it will be moved to its hotel. Now company.com is a name front of several hotels. What we aim to do is have hotel1.company.com, hotel2.company.com etc as child domains under company.com.
We plan to keep 3 servers in a datacentre with MPLS lines going to the hotels. What we intend to do is have 1 server as company.com and the other 2 will be the hotel software and database's.
Now we can also have companyhotels.com as a new domain leaving company.com isolated as the head quarters. But we dont want this, as company.com owns companyhotels.com and the hotels beneath them. e.g. hotel1.companyhotels.com etc.
So were looking for a way to structure this appropriately.
Right basically I have a Windows 2003 server Standard Edition running company.com as a domain controller, DNS, DHCP (192.168.0.X), SQL, Exchange 2003. I know SQL and exchange is not a good practise, but there we are.
So now, I'm getting another server today at the company.com location to set it up, once its setup it will be moved to its hotel. Now company.com is a name front of several hotels. What we aim to do is have hotel1.company.com, hotel2.company.com etc as child domains under company.com.
We plan to keep 3 servers in a datacentre with MPLS lines going to the hotels. What we intend to do is have 1 server as company.com and the other 2 will be the hotel software and database's.
Now we can also have companyhotels.com as a new domain leaving company.com isolated as the head quarters. But we dont want this, as company.com owns companyhotels.com and the hotels beneath them. e.g. hotel1.companyhotels.com etc.
So were looking for a way to structure this appropriately.
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You can do this. When you dcpromo you indicate that it is a new domain (not child) in the existing forest.
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I agree. It doesn't sound sensible to have this number of Active Directory domains. One AD domain with appropriate OUs and security may be sufficient.
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Its a International Chain of Exclusive Hotels. I think I know how many domains I need.
Fair enough.
Good luck.
Good luck.
OK, but make sure you have two DCs per domain. And a single forest will work.
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Do you think thats possible?
A single active direcory is what I want really.