Domain/Forest Functional Level

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I apologize, I ment to post this in another group as this is off the topic
of GPs.


"Matt" <none@yourbusiness.com> wrote in message
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> I work for a small business that is owned by a group of investors. At
> the original design time of the Active Directory it was setup with only
this
> business in mind (AD name refelects the name of the business). Since that
> time the group of investors has purchased a similar business in a near by
> town and they want the two businesses to be connected. They also plan on
> adding more sites to the over all company. I currently have a Windows
Server
> 2003 Active Directory and the other site has a Windows 2000 AD. I would
like
> to combine the current W2K3, the new W2K and any others that are added
into
> one AD. To do so I would like to rename my AD (on W2K3) to reflect the
over
> all company. To rename my domain I have to raise it's functional level to
> W2K3 Native. But once I do that I cannot add any more W2K domain
controllers
> to that domain. My question is, can I still create a trust relationship to
> down-level domains so that I can migrate their user accounts to the W2K3
> domain? It would seem this would be the best way to do it, especially if I
> encounter any NT 4.0 domains.
>
> Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew
> A+, Server+, MCP
>
>