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Hi everybody,<br />
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I'd like some suggestions to reinstall one of my domain controllers. &nbsp;I have a phisical server that is obsolet running Windows 2003 Server. &nbsp;<br />
I'm purchasing another machine and I will have to install Windows 2008 Server.<br />
After install Windows 2008, I need to configure it with the same IP number and the same network name. &nbsp;<br />
After that, I need to change it to work as a domain controller.<br />
What are the best steps that I have to do?<br />
<br />
Thanks
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Hi everybody,

I'd like some suggestions to reinstall one of my domain controllers.  I have a phisical server that is obsolet running Windows 2003 Server.  
I'm purchasing another machine and I will have to install Windows 2008 Server.
After install Windows 2008, I need to configure it with the same IP number and the same network name.  
After that, I need to change it to work as a domain controller.
What are the best steps that I have to do?

Thanks

Reinstall my DC

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).

Windows Server 2003

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