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More info?)
If you are moving to AD this is not the way.
When installing AD you are asked if this is the first DC in the domain, if
you say no you are required to point this server to an AD DC, which you
don't have, or the install will fail. If you say yes you are creating a new
domain. If you do this on *any* *other* server in the NT 4.0 domain except
the PDC, you will NOT carry the SID of your NT 4.0 domain into the new Win
2k3 domain. Even if you name them the same the SID is different. Different
SID = different domain. You will have to join all your users to the new
domain, their profile will change.
Basically you either upgrade to Win 2k3 by upgrading your existing PDC
first.
See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326209&Product=winsvr2003
Or Migrate to Win 2k3 by setting up the two domains side by side on the same
wire, create a trust between the two domain and use ADMT to migrate users to
the new W 2k3 domain.
See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325851&Product=winsvr2003
There are pros and cons for each method. You need to be aware of them before
hand. You have to make some decisions that may require a format and
reinstall to recover from.
I would suggest taking a week or two and research each method to see which
one fits your environment.
You might want to brush up on DNS. To get AD up and running requires that
DNS be set up properly.
See:
How to: Configure DNS for Internet Access In Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300202
Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237675
hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
"summers" <csummers@stjs.org> wrote in message
news:3c9601c472c4$83800c20$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I am adding a new server running Server 2003 to my
> domain. I want to demote my current NT server to a BDC
> so I can use the active directory services available with
> 2003 and eventually remove the NT server from my domain.
> How can I demote it? The options to demote are not
> highlighted in server manager.
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