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I have a domain with two 2000 dc's and two 2003 dc's. &nbsp;I want to retire the 2000 dc's and add 2008. &nbsp;I have setup a new 2008 server and joined domain. &nbsp;Do i just need to update the schema with adprep, then dcpromo up the 2008 box and then dcpromo down the 2000 boxes? &nbsp;Can i run adprep on any dc?
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I have a domain with two 2000 dc's and two 2003 dc's.  I want to retire the 2000 dc's and add 2008.  I have setup a new 2008 server and joined domain.  Do i just need to update the schema with adprep, then dcpromo up the 2008 box and then dcpromo down the 2000 boxes?  Can i run adprep on any dc?

add 2008 domain controller into existing 2000/2003 domain

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