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Thanks KCTS for the detailed answer, I will give it a try here in a day or two and let you know how it goes. thanks for the quick response!!
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Thanks KCTS for the detailed answer, I will give it a try here in a day or two and let you know how it goes. thanks for the quick response!!

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Thank you both for fast responses. I awarded more points to KCTS for more detail in his explanation. Thank you both !
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Thank you both for fast responses. I awarded more points to KCTS for more detail in his explanation. Thank you both !

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Our business has currently 3 servers. Exchange server, Terminal server, and the main domain controller.<br />
All running windows 2003, with a mix of Standard and Enterprise. What is the easiest method to replace the domain controller? I was thinking of just configuring the new server with a new domain name and new Active Directory structure, and then join the other two server to the new domain. Is it that easy, or am I missing something?? My goal is to do this as quick as possible, with as little downtime as possible given the fact we are running Exhange (2003).
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Our business has currently 3 servers. Exchange server, Terminal server, and the main domain controller.
All running windows 2003, with a mix of Standard and Enterprise. What is the easiest method to replace the domain controller? I was thinking of just configuring the new server with a new domain name and new Active Directory structure, and then join the other two server to the new domain. Is it that easy, or am I missing something?? My goal is to do this as quick as possible, with as little downtime as possible given the fact we are running Exhange (2003).

How to easily replace current Windows 2003 Domain Controller running Active Directory

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).