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That is what I heard before! Just wanted to double check. I have two 2003 DC that i am replacing wit h2008r2 DC on a single domain.<br />

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That is what I heard before! Just wanted to double check. I have two 2003 DC that i am replacing wit h2008r2 DC on a single domain.


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Nice job getting to 2008 R2!!
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Thanks, Liking the 208 R2 much better then 2003 so far. Exch 2010 next week! Exch 2010 has some nice new features over exch 2003
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Thanks, Liking the 208 R2 much better then 2003 so far. Exch 2010 next week! Exch 2010 has some nice new features over exch 2003

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and in the not too distant future windows 8 :) &nbsp; <a href="http://adisfun.blogspot.com/search/label/Windows%208" rel="ugc">http://adisfun.blogspot.com/search/label/Windows%208</a>
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and in the not too distant future windows 8 :)   http://adisfun.blogspot.com/search/label/Windows%208 [http://adisfun.blogspot.com/search/label/Windows%208]

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I installed a new 2008 r 2 DC in my 2003 domain. while moving the fsmo roles to the 2008 server, i got the message that the Schema Master should not be on a GC. I am adding one more 2008 DC, should i not make it a GC and move the Schema Master to it?
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I installed a new 2008 r 2 DC in my 2003 domain. while moving the fsmo roles to the 2008 server, i got the message that the Schema Master should not be on a GC. I am adding one more 2008 DC, should i not make it a GC and move the Schema Master to it?

New 2008 R2 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

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.