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Thank you VERY much! &nbsp;We appreciate your immediate response. &nbsp;Your answer is a great step by step solution.
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Thank you VERY much!  We appreciate your immediate response.  Your answer is a great step by step solution.

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We purchased a new Server to replace our old one.<br />
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Migrating the Active Directory is our greatest challenge and we are seeking step by step instructions to migrate the Active Directory to the new Server with minimal or no down time.<br />
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CURRENT SERVER<br />
windows 2000 server sp 4<br />
- Domain Controller<br />
- DNS<br />
- DHCP<br />
- File and Print Server.<br />
- Users sync with their home folders<br />
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NEW SERVER<br />
windows 2003 Server r2<br />
- Domain Controller<br />
- DNS<br />
- DHCP<br />
- File and Print Server.<br />
- Users sync with their home folders<br />
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We are seeking a few methods as options for migrating.<br />
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Our Topology is: MODEM -&gt; LINKSYS ROUTER (BEFSX41) -&gt; SWITCH -&gt; SERVER AND CLIENTS<br />

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We purchased a new Server to replace our old one.

Migrating the Active Directory is our greatest challenge and we are seeking step by step instructions to migrate the Active Directory to the new Server with minimal or no down time.

CURRENT SERVER
windows 2000 server sp 4
- Domain Controller
- DNS
- DHCP
- File and Print Server.
- Users sync with their home folders
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NEW SERVER
windows 2003 Server r2
- Domain Controller
- DNS
- DHCP
- File and Print Server.
- Users sync with their home folders

We are seeking a few methods as options for migrating.

Our Topology is: MODEM -> LINKSYS ROUTER (BEFSX41) -> SWITCH -> SERVER AND CLIENTS


How do we migrate our Active Directory Structure from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2003 Server R2

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

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).