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Excellent. Thank you, Will. &nbsp;I use the AD Replication Status Tool every day. &nbsp;Looks pretty clean :-) &nbsp;I'll check out ldp first.
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Excellent. Thank you, Will.  I use the AD Replication Status Tool every day.  Looks pretty clean :-)  I'll check out ldp first.

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Greetings. &nbsp;Our domain is at functional level Windows Server 2008. &nbsp;We have three (3) DCs, all running Windows Server 2008 R2. &nbsp;I'd like to raise the functional level to Windows Server 2008 R2 to enable the AD Recycle Bin.<br />
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1. I haven't read any negative consequences of moving the functional level from 2008 to 2008 R2. &nbsp;Are there any possible problems ?<br />
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2. We only have one domain. &nbsp;Our forest functional level is also 2008. &nbsp;Do I raise that in conjunction with the domain functional level ? If so, which order do I proceed ?<br />
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Thanks much.<br />
-Stephen
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Greetings.  Our domain is at functional level Windows Server 2008.  We have three (3) DCs, all running Windows Server 2008 R2.  I'd like to raise the functional level to Windows Server 2008 R2 to enable the AD Recycle Bin.

1. I haven't read any negative consequences of moving the functional level from 2008 to 2008 R2.  Are there any possible problems ?

2. We only have one domain.  Our forest functional level is also 2008.  Do I raise that in conjunction with the domain functional level ? If so, which order do I proceed ?

Thanks much.
-Stephen

Domain Functional Levels - Windows Server 2008 R2

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Windows Server 2008

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