Upgrade Win2K DCs before upgrade/migrate to E2K3 ?

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Hi jdee,

You should upgrade your DCs to Windows 2003 first, just make sure your
Exchange Server/s are running at least Exchange 2000 SP3.

Regards
--
Ben Hoffman
MCP (Win2000 Pro/Server & Exchange 2003 Admin)
http://www.ExchangeIS.com


"jdee" <jdee@trunk.net> wrote in message news:ss2qe.9239$%23.445@trndny02...
> We have a Win2K-only domain with 2 DCs, 1 Ex2K server and 1 subnet. About
> 200 users.
>
> We're thinking of upgrading to Win2K3/E2K3, but we're not sure whether to
> upgrade the domain controllers first or last, with respect to the Exchange
> Server.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 21:24:40 GMT, "jdee" <jdee@trunk.net> wrote:

>We have a Win2K-only domain with 2 DCs, 1 Ex2K server and 1 subnet. About
>200 users.
>
>We're thinking of upgrading to Win2K3/E2K3, but we're not sure whether to
>upgrade the domain controllers first or last, with respect to the Exchange
>Server.
>
>Any recommendations?
>
>Thanks in advance.

I am preparing to do the same thing and found a few articles you might
find useful:

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;555262
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;555040

and if you are putting the E2003 on new hardware:

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorial [...] dware.html

I was wondering if there is any compelling reason to upgrade AD to
2003 (?)

Hal

>

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"Will" <wtaborda2ATnowayDOTyahooDOTcom> wrote in message
news:egzXLFVbFHA.2288@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi jdee,
>
> You can run a Windows 2000 domain when you install Exchange 2003.
However,
> the domain controllers do have to have SP3 or later.
>
> Exchange 2000 however will not run on Windows 2003. So you will need to
> upgrade Exchange 2000 before you upgrade Windows 2003.
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;822942

However, from what I've read, you can have E2K/W2K in a Win2K3 AD
environment, just so there's no misunderstanding.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Will
> http://www.exchange-forums.com
>
>
> "jdee" <jdee@trunk.net> wrote in message
news:ss2qe.9239$%23.445@trndny02...
> > We have a Win2K-only domain with 2 DCs, 1 Ex2K server and 1 subnet.
About
> > 200 users.
> >
> > We're thinking of upgrading to Win2K3/E2K3, but we're not sure whether
to
> > upgrade the domain controllers first or last, with respect to the
Exchange
> > Server.
> >
> > Any recommendations?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
>
>