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Merging Windows 2003 Domains in same Forest
We currently have 7 domains. The root domain is company.com and the child domains are x.company.com, y.company.com, etc... We have an Exchange 2007 server that is located in the root domain and file/print servers that are located throughout the child domains. What would be the simplest way to merge all the domains into the root domain?
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Not that I know of I'm afraid.
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That's no fun. I was hoping that since they were in the same Forest there would be an easy way to consolodate them.
Unfortunately, there is not. A domain migration is your only option in the scenario you have described.
Im intrigued as to why you dont like ADMT...its personally one of my favorite tools, simple, efficient, reliable, and well supported....it is the Perfect utility for what you want to do & its free.....couldnt really ask for more in my opinion
If I may ask, what is your onus for wanting to do this? From a security standpoint, having a root domain can allow you to isolate certain permissions from people who have Domain Admin level access in other domains. Specifically some of your FSMO roles and Enterprise Admin type stuff.
I started typing this yesterday and didn't get back to it until just now.
Charles
I started typing this yesterday and didn't get back to it until just now.
Charles
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Thank you Laura. I remember reading that now. I am not working with domains and the like as much any more (more concentrated on SQL and imaging).
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Thank you everyone for providing input. The original reason that we had multiple domains was for security. We want to migrate them into one domain for manageability purposes.
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