Windows Server 2008 AD clients requirements

Hi,

one question about Operating System clients requirements for Windows Server
2008 Active Directory environment:
- which OS version is the minimum supported in that environment? Windows
Professiona 2000 SP4?

Thanks and excuse me for that simple question. :-)

Regards.

"Luiz" <Luiz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8ACD9B9B-C44A-44B0-83FE-BFA97F1A1A47@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> one question about Operating System clients requirements for Windows
> Server
> 2008 Active Directory environment:
> - which OS version is the minimum supported in that environment? Windows
> Professiona 2000 SP4?
>
> Thanks and excuse me for that simple question. :-)
>
> Regards.


Yes, they are supported.

You can even have Win9x and NT4 clients, but not recommended, because they
would need to reduce security settings (SMB Signing) on the domain.

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Howdie!

Luiz schrieb:
> one question about Operating System clients requirements for Windows Server
> 2008 Active Directory environment:
> - which OS version is the minimum supported in that environment? Windows
> Professiona 2000 SP4?

Windows 2000 works fine. Older clients shouldn't be added to domain as
they don't comply to current security standards.

Cheers,
Florian
--
Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
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Thank you Ace.

Best Regards.

Luiz

"Ace Fekay [MCT]" wrote:

> "Luiz" <Luiz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8ACD9B9B-C44A-44B0-83FE-BFA97F1A1A47@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > one question about Operating System clients requirements for Windows
> > Server
> > 2008 Active Directory environment:
> > - which OS version is the minimum supported in that environment? Windows
> > Professiona 2000 SP4?
> >
> > Thanks and excuse me for that simple question. :-)
> >
> > Regards.
>
>
> Yes, they are supported.
>
> You can even have Win9x and NT4 clients, but not recommended, because they
> would need to reduce security settings (SMB Signing) on the domain.
>
> --
> Ace
>
> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> confers no rights.
>
> Please reply back to the newsgroup or forum to benefit from collaboration
> among responding engineers, and to help others benefit from your resolution.
>
> Ace Fekay, MCT, MCSE, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSA Messaging
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
> aceman@mvps.RemoveThisPart.org
> http://twitter.com/acefekay
>
> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please
> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>
>

Hi Florian,

thanks for your response.

Best Regards.

Luiz

"Florian Frommherz [MVP]" wrote:

> Howdie!
>
> Luiz schrieb:
> > one question about Operating System clients requirements for Windows Server
> > 2008 Active Directory environment:
> > - which OS version is the minimum supported in that environment? Windows
> > Professiona 2000 SP4?
>
> Windows 2000 works fine. Older clients shouldn't be added to domain as
> they don't comply to current security standards.
>
> Cheers,
> Florian
> --
> Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
> eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
> blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
> Maillist (german): http://frickelsoft.net/cms/index.php?page=mailingliste
>

"Luiz" <Luiz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D851D3E2-FF0D-41E4-8037-4C0F0513F42C@microsoft.com...
> Thank you Ace.
>
> Best Regards.
>
> Luiz
>

You are welcome!

Ace