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It can be 2k3. &nbsp;The only downfall with the SBS line is that specific machine has to hold all the FSMO roles. &nbsp;Other then that you can have many 2k3 machines for redundancy
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It can be 2k3.  The only downfall with the SBS line is that specific machine has to hold all the FSMO roles.  Other then that you can have many 2k3 machines for redundancy

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Did you have a successful deployment?
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I am planning to deploy SBS 2008 - Premium Edition. Ideally I don't want to leave the network with a single DC therefore I would prefer to use the existing server Windows 2003 as a second DC. I understand from MS that if I purchase SBS 2008 premium edition I can run a second DC. Can it be Windows 2003 or it must be Windows 2008?
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I am planning to deploy SBS 2008 - Premium Edition. Ideally I don't want to leave the network with a single DC therefore I would prefer to use the existing server Windows 2003 as a second DC. I understand from MS that if I purchase SBS 2008 premium edition I can run a second DC. Can it be Windows 2003 or it must be Windows 2008?

Can I run SBS 2008 and Windows 2003 as two DCs together?

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

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).