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Here is another step by step.<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23665224/Windows-2008-Server-Migration-From-Server-2003.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23665224/Windows-2008-Server-Migration-From-Server-2003.html</a>
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Here is another step by step.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23665224/Windows-2008-Server-Migration-From-Server-2003.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23665224/Windows-2008-Server-Migration-From-Server-2003.html]

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I would like to plan a Windows 2000 AD to Windows 2008 AD Upgrade. &nbsp;For our environment there is 1 Windows 2000 AD Server. &nbsp;A secondary server was purchased to accomdate Windows 2008 (64 Bit). &nbsp;I do not plan to do an inplace upgrade (I know it is not supported) but can anyone recommend a step by step to join Windows 2008 to the 2000 AD, and then transfer the roles - if supported? &nbsp;Is forest prep / domain prep required, at what point? &nbsp;I have seen a couple Microsoft articles, but they point to a ton of documents. &nbsp;The network is very basic where everything is on one server.<br />
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Any help would be appreciated.
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I would like to plan a Windows 2000 AD to Windows 2008 AD Upgrade.  For our environment there is 1 Windows 2000 AD Server.  A secondary server was purchased to accomdate Windows 2008 (64 Bit).  I do not plan to do an inplace upgrade (I know it is not supported) but can anyone recommend a step by step to join Windows 2008 to the 2000 AD, and then transfer the roles - if supported?  Is forest prep / domain prep required, at what point?  I have seen a couple Microsoft articles, but they point to a ton of documents.  The network is very basic where everything is on one server.

Any help would be appreciated.

Step by Step Windows 2000 to 2008 upgrade

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

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

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.