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No trusts! <br />
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Thanks for the link, I'll scroll through it to make sure I got all my ducks in a line!
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Hello All,<br />
Now this may be a loaded thread, but I wanted to see if there were any suggestions on best practices for upgrading my current domain controllers to new 2008 machines. &nbsp;Currently I have about 20 servers, some of which are 2003 and some of which are 2008. &nbsp;I have 2 2003 DC's currently and have 2 brand new 20087 machines ready to be deployed as new domain controllers. One of my current DC's is DNS and DHCP as well, WINS is not in use.<br />
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So, what I am wondering - are there any issues that would arise from the switchout? &nbsp;I've done a 2000 - 2003 upgrade in the past, and had ran into some odd issues at that time. &nbsp;Any suggestions to make the transition as easy as possible would be greatly appreciated. &nbsp;I have no issues with haveing all 4 servers running in parallel for some time<br />
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Cheers<br />
JJ
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Hello All,
Now this may be a loaded thread, but I wanted to see if there were any suggestions on best practices for upgrading my current domain controllers to new 2008 machines.  Currently I have about 20 servers, some of which are 2003 and some of which are 2008.  I have 2 2003 DC's currently and have 2 brand new 20087 machines ready to be deployed as new domain controllers. One of my current DC's is DNS and DHCP as well, WINS is not in use.

So, what I am wondering - are there any issues that would arise from the switchout?  I've done a 2000 - 2003 upgrade in the past, and had ran into some odd issues at that time.  Any suggestions to make the transition as easy as possible would be greatly appreciated.  I have no issues with haveing all 4 servers running in parallel for some time

Cheers
JJ

No trusts! 

Thanks for the link, I&#39;ll scroll through it to make sure I got all my ducks in a line!

Upgrading Domain Controllers From 2003 to 2008 - Suggestions

Hello All,
Now this may be a loaded thread, but I wanted to see if there were any suggestions on best practices for upgrading my current domain controllers to new 2008 machines.  Currently I have about 20 servers, some of which are 2003 and some of which are 2008.  I have 2 2003 DC&#39;s currently and have 2 brand new 20087 machines ready to be deployed as new domain controllers. One of my current DC&#39;s is DNS and DHCP as well, WINS is not in use.

So, what I am wondering - are there any issues that would arise from the switchout?  I&#39;ve done a 2000 - 2003 upgrade in the past, and had ran into some odd issues at that time.  Any suggestions to make the transition as easy as possible would be greatly appreciated.  I have no issues with haveing all 4 servers running in parallel for some time

Cheers
JJ

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 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).