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Yes, we do purchase volume licensing; however I am not actually performing the upgrade at this time. &nbsp;Just upgrading the schema in perparation for the upgrade sometime in the next few weeks. &nbsp;We will still be on 2003 sp1 for now until we gone through the entire testing process with our apps.
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Yes, we do purchase volume licensing; however I am not actually performing the upgrade at this time.  Just upgrading the schema in perparation for the upgrade sometime in the next few weeks.  We will still be on 2003 sp1 for now until we gone through the entire testing process with our apps.

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I found what I was looking for. &nbsp;Thank you for the feedback though!
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I found what I was looking for.  Thank you for the feedback though!

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I am doing a project for upgrading to r2 and need the cd media. &nbsp;I believe this can be downloaded and I do have a subscription. &nbsp;Can anyone point me to the correct location for this? &nbsp;I'd like to do the adprep /forestprep to extend the schema tonight. &nbsp;Thanks in advance.
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I am doing a project for upgrading to r2 and need the cd media.  I believe this can be downloaded and I do have a subscription.  Can anyone point me to the correct location for this?  I'd like to do the adprep /forestprep to extend the schema tonight.  Thanks in advance.

Can't find the CD image download on MSDN/technet

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).