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so are you going to update the functional level or not ?<br />
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are your servers 64bit ?
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so are you going to update the functional level or not ?

are your servers 64bit ?

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no, 32 bit<br />
yes, update everything
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well 2012 is 64bit I know its is going to cause you a problem as you cannot upgrade 32bit to 64bit I think you will need to do it one server at a time and when its 64bit transfer the fsmo roles from the 32bit as soon as.
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well 2012 is 64bit I know its is going to cause you a problem as you cannot upgrade 32bit to 64bit I think you will need to do it one server at a time and when its 64bit transfer the fsmo roles from the 32bit as soon as.

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Dear All,<br />
<br />
I have Single Windows 2003 AD Forest with 7 Domains and 10 Active Directory sites, one of the Domain has 8 Domain Controllers spanning 6 sites, and the remaining Domains have 2 Domain Controllers spanning a single site, Forest &amp;&nbsp;Domain functional level set as Windows Server 2003.<br />
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I’m looking to upgrade the forest to windows 2012 active directory, I need the recommendation from you, how to start? what I have to take care of? Is there any u<br />
Step-by-step document help?<br />
<br />
Thanks
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Dear All,

I have Single Windows 2003 AD Forest with 7 Domains and 10 Active Directory sites, one of the Domain has 8 Domain Controllers spanning 6 sites, and the remaining Domains have 2 Domain Controllers spanning a single site, Forest & Domain functional level set as Windows Server 2003.

I’m looking to upgrade the forest to windows 2012 active directory, I need the recommendation from you, how to start? what I have to take care of? Is there any u
Step-by-step document help?

Thanks

upgrade huge Active Directory forest to windows 2012

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

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.