<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I have to create a new BDC (old &nbsp;BDC dying fast). &nbsp;My PDC is running 2000 Server, and I want to buy the new BDC with 2003 Server pre-installed. &nbsp;Can these DC's run concurrently on the network with different OS's.<br />
<br />

</div>
</div>


I have to create a new BDC (old  BDC dying fast).  My PDC is running 2000 Server, and I want to buy the new BDC with 2003 Server pre-installed.  Can these DC's run concurrently on the network with different OS's.



BDC on 2003 server, PDC on 2000 server

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

Linux

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).