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thanks guys. &nbsp;<br />
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I only have a single domain. &nbsp;Do i need to raise forest functional level also?<br />
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thanks.
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thanks guys.  

I only have a single domain.  Do i need to raise forest functional level also?

thanks.

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Or yes you should raise both
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Thanks again guys. &nbsp;Raised domain and forest functional levels with no issues. &nbsp;
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Thanks again guys.  Raised domain and forest functional levels with no issues.  

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Hello.<br />
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Last year, we moved from a windows 2000 AD to windows 2008, but never raised the domain functional level from 2000 native.<br />
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We have since upgraded our 2 windows 2008 DC's to R2. &nbsp;I would like to raise the functional level to 2008 R2. &nbsp;Lest year we ran the adprep's to get the domain ready for the 2008 DC's. &nbsp;Do I need to do that again in order to prep the domain for raising functional level to R2?<br />
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thank you!<br />

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Hello.

Last year, we moved from a windows 2000 AD to windows 2008, but never raised the domain functional level from 2000 native.

We have since upgraded our 2 windows 2008 DC's to R2.  I would like to raise the functional level to 2008 R2.  Lest year we ran the adprep's to get the domain ready for the 2008 DC's.  Do I need to do that again in order to prep the domain for raising functional level to R2?

thank you!


raising domain functional level from 2000 to 2008 R2

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

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.