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Yes it's the same process. Complexity wise not a big deal for something the scale of what it sounds like you're describing.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Brian Desmond<br />
Active Directory MVP
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Yes it's the same process. Complexity wise not a big deal for something the scale of what it sounds like you're describing.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Active Directory MVP

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Okay thanks. All the other servers on the domain, do they need to be taken off and joined again to the new Win 2008 AD?
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Okay thanks. All the other servers on the domain, do they need to be taken off and joined again to the new Win 2008 AD?

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Hi All, since I have to move my Primary Domain Controller to another server and into a colocation, Ive been thinking of migrationg to Win2k8 AD. Now I know nothing about 2k8 so I am asking for people's advice. Is this a complicated or simple solution?<br />
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Would I do the same as in a 2k3 migration? Just promote a new DC and move the roles across then demote the original DC?<br />
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Can someone whose done this report the complexity of such a migration and whether it is worth it.
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Hi All, since I have to move my Primary Domain Controller to another server and into a colocation, Ive been thinking of migrationg to Win2k8 AD. Now I know nothing about 2k8 so I am asking for people's advice. Is this a complicated or simple solution?

Would I do the same as in a 2k3 migration? Just promote a new DC and move the roles across then demote the original DC?

Can someone whose done this report the complexity of such a migration and whether it is worth it.

I want to migrate to windows 2008 AD

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.