upgrade win 2000 server to win 2003 DC

now we are going to upgrade a Win2000 server to Win2003 DC, this
Win2000 server is just a member server of our domain, we already have
another win2000 server worked as DC.

we plan to let this Win2003 server worked as DC after the upgrade and
then get rid of that old DC.

here's what we considered, should we keep the application in that
Win2000 memeber server after it upgrade to 2003?

should win2003 can worked with Win2000 DC without any conflict?

is there any detailed instruction to upgrade a memeber server to DC?

thanks in advacne.

Bruce

You Can keep the application on a DC, but it depends on how much load you
have on this server. For security purpose, I recommend you to keep the
application on other server.

For promoting a Windows 2003 member server as a DC to 2000 Domain, you
should start with:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325379

Regards,

Ashish

"bcao@lairdtech.com" wrote:

>
> now we are going to upgrade a Win2000 server to Win2003 DC, this
> Win2000 server is just a member server of our domain, we already have
> another win2000 server worked as DC.
>
> we plan to let this Win2003 server worked as DC after the upgrade and
> then get rid of that old DC.
>
> here's what we considered, should we keep the application in that
> Win2000 memeber server after it upgrade to 2003?
>
> should win2003 can worked with Win2000 DC without any conflict?
>
> is there any detailed instruction to upgrade a memeber server to DC?
>
> thanks in advacne.
>
> Bruce
>
>

If you can I would remove the app from the member server before promoting to
a dc.

I have an article on upgrading a forest from 2000 to 2003 as well as
decommissioning a dc.

http://www.pbbergs.com
Select articles and click on "Upgrade Your Forest" and "Decommission a DC"

--
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MVP - Directory Services
MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT

http://www.pbbergs.com

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<bcao@lairdtech.com> wrote in message
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>
> now we are going to upgrade a Win2000 server to Win2003 DC, this
> Win2000 server is just a member server of our domain, we already have
> another win2000 server worked as DC.
>
> we plan to let this Win2003 server worked as DC after the upgrade and
> then get rid of that old DC.
>
> here's what we considered, should we keep the application in that
> Win2000 memeber server after it upgrade to 2003?
>
> should win2003 can worked with Win2000 DC without any conflict?
>
> is there any detailed instruction to upgrade a memeber server to DC?
>
> thanks in advacne.
>
> Bruce
>

Hi
First of all you should test and make sure that the APP will run in windows 2003...


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I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services
<bcao@lairdtech.com> wrote in message news:1179367652.817308.147890@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> now we are going to upgrade a Win2000 server to Win2003 DC, this
> Win2000 server is just a member server of our domain, we already have
> another win2000 server worked as DC.
>
> we plan to let this Win2003 server worked as DC after the upgrade and
> then get rid of that old DC.
>
> here's what we considered, should we keep the application in that
> Win2000 memeber server after it upgrade to 2003?
>
> should win2003 can worked with Win2000 DC without any conflict?
>
> is there any detailed instruction to upgrade a memeber server to DC?
>
> thanks in advacne.
>
> Bruce
>

Thanks guys, I will try it now.