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Can you give me a technet article - gotta prove to peers
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Can you give me a technet article - gotta prove to peers

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Is it still a requirement to uninstall the CA role before demoting a Domain Controller? &nbsp;I'd like to decouple a DC from a CA without migrating the CA to a different host.
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Is it still a requirement to uninstall the CA role before demoting a Domain Controller?  I'd like to decouple a DC from a CA without migrating the CA to a different host.

Demote DC with CA role Installed

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

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.