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biggest benefit is? &nbsp;AD recycle bin?
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OK thanks, all servers are 2008 or higher, &nbsp;DC's 2008r2.<br />
All dfs shares we created from scratch so 2008r2 again..
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OK thanks, all servers are 2008 or higher,  DC's 2008r2.
All dfs shares we created from scratch so 2008r2 again..

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Our servers are all running 2008 r2. &nbsp;Domain is at 2003 level still.<br />
Exchange 2010 at sp2.<br />
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Any issues to upgrade &amp;&nbsp;raise Ops Master?<br />
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Thanks
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Our servers are all running 2008 r2.  Domain is at 2003 level still.
Exchange 2010 at sp2.

Any issues to upgrade & raise Ops Master?

Thanks

Raise Operations Master

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

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.