migrate windows 2000 AD to Windows 2003 AD

[najeemnh]

Hello,
We are planning to migrate a Windows 2000 AD to Windows 2003 AD and we have exchange server 2003 and also we have 2 additional DC's which also on windows 2000.i have new server which i am planning to use for new DC.
so i need you guys help for the migration.

Thank you
Najeem.

[ThoMas321]

See here for some suggestions : Migrate a Windows 2000 AD that have an Exchange 2003 server to Windows 2008 AD
http://forums.techarena.in/windows-2...ory/747761.htm

[deoWo]

Upgrade Your Domains from Windows 2000 Active Directory to Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 offers a lot of real benefits as far as Active Directory (AD) is concerned. These new features include:

• The ability to restructure your forest by renaming domains.
• Forest trusts for easier administration of multiforest scenarios.
• Enhancements in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) used to manage Active Directory such as improved multiobject select support, saved queries, and drag-and-drop support.
• Many new policy settings for Group Policy and a single, centralized tool (the GPMC) for managing all aspects of Group Policy.
• Install From Media for fast deployment of domain controllers at branch offices.
• Universal group caching to eliminate the need for having a global catalog in every remote site.

To gain full advantage from these new features and others, you need to upgrade your existing Windows 2000 domains to Windows Server 2003, and raise your forest functional level to Windows Server 2003 level. But before you throw in your CD, click Upgrade, and hope for the best, it's a good time to pause, step back, and think about what you plan to do. That's because upgrading your domains without proper planning can get you in pretty deep hot water, pretty fast. Below are half-a-dozen tips on what you should and shouldn't do when you migrate your domains from Windows 2000 Active Directory to Windows Server 2003.

It's Time to Simplify

First and most importantly, don't upgrade your current AD infrastructure if it was originally designed badly and doesn't fit with your company's needs. Upgrading a badly-designed forest will result in an improved, but still badly-designed, forest. Unfortunately, when Windows 2000 first came out, there wasn't much practical guidance on how to design Active Directory. The result was that some large companies did some pretty dumb things like using too many domains, deploying multiple forests, using complicated site link bridges, mixing users and computers in their OUs, and so on. Lots of bad things happened as a result, such as replication failures, authentication problems, and difficulties implementing Group Policy.

With Windows Server 2003 you now have a chance to get things right. Using the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) v2 and the Rendom.exe domain rename utility, you can restructure your forest to make it more reliable and manageable. After all, why use ten domains just because your company has ten different offices around the world? High-speed WAN links are pretty reliable nowadays, and migrating to a single domain makes Active Directory easier to support, easier to troubleshoot, and easier to recover from when things go wrong.

Tip: you can test-drive ADMT 2.0 online for free at the Active Directory Migration Tool 2.0 Interactive Simulation site.



See Here To continue : http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/...e_domains.html

[johnson22]

How to use Active Directory Migration Tool v2.0 to migrate from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003?

This article describes how to set up the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) to migrate from a Windows 2000-based domain to a Windows Server 2003-based domain.