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Hi All,<br />
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please advise me for the same
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Muahammad

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I am glad I could help you.
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Hi all,<br />
We are planning to upgrade the domain and forest &nbsp;functional level to 2008 from 2003. Please let us know what is the best backup plan and any advise<br />
all domain controller are server 2008 and exchange 2010.
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Hi all,
We are planning to upgrade the domain and forest  functional level to 2008 from 2003. Please let us know what is the best backup plan and any advise
all domain controller are server 2008 and exchange 2010.

upgrade the domain and forest  functional level to 2008 from 2003

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

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