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Muffin
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Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject:
Want 2003, got NT4 domain and separate W2K Exch2000. Suggest |
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We have an NT4 domain (lets call it "DOMAIN1") that I want to upgrade to
2003. So I plan to create a new BDC, promote it to PDC, unplug from network
and upgrade it to 2003. If it appears to work OK then I will plug it back
into network and then upgrade the BDCs and finally the other member servers
(all NT4). The clients are mainly XP Pro so I expect they will be fine. I
want to keep the domain name of the NT4 domain ("DOMAIN1") and avoid
disruption at the client machines.
I am concerned about a single, standalone Windows 2000 server machine with
its own AD domain running its own DNS etc. and Exchange Server 2000
("DOMAIN2"). It was added by a third-party and I know very little about the
AD structure. We were told that it was kept separate because it could not be
added to the NT4 domain. I know it has a trust relationship with the NT4
domain to allow access to the email accounts. I don't want to upgrade the
Exchange Server box just yet.
1. If I upgrade the NT domain, is the Exchange Server going to get upset?
2. Will Server 2003 detect the Exchange/W2K AD server forest and try to
link-in with that or can I keep the NT4/2003 domain separate at this stage?
Any thoughts and/or suggestions would be appreciated. I don't want to get
this wrong as our Exchange Server is important to our business. |
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mote
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Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:54 pm Post subject:
Re: Want 2003, got NT4 domain and separate W2K Exch2000. Sug |
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Does the NT Domain have an Exchange 5.5 Server?
How are the users in the NT domain accessing the
mailboxes in the Win 2000/Exchange 2000 Forest?
Just need a little more info to help you out.
Cheers!
"Muffin" <muffin@nospam.postalias> wrote in message
news:E6268764-9D73-4474-AEC8-67512334E65B@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | We have an NT4 domain (lets call it "DOMAIN1") that I want to upgrade to
2003. So I plan to create a new BDC, promote it to PDC, unplug from
network
and upgrade it to 2003. If it appears to work OK then I will plug it back
into network and then upgrade the BDCs and finally the other member
servers
(all NT4). The clients are mainly XP Pro so I expect they will be fine. I
want to keep the domain name of the NT4 domain ("DOMAIN1") and avoid
disruption at the client machines.
I am concerned about a single, standalone Windows 2000 server machine with
its own AD domain running its own DNS etc. and Exchange Server 2000
("DOMAIN2"). It was added by a third-party and I know very little about
the
AD structure. We were told that it was kept separate because it could not
be
added to the NT4 domain. I know it has a trust relationship with the NT4
domain to allow access to the email accounts. I don't want to upgrade the
Exchange Server box just yet.
1. If I upgrade the NT domain, is the Exchange Server going to get upset?
2. Will Server 2003 detect the Exchange/W2K AD server forest and try to
link-in with that or can I keep the NT4/2003 domain separate at this
stage?
Any thoughts and/or suggestions would be appreciated. I don't want to get
this wrong as our Exchange Server is important to our business. |
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Frances [MSFT]
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:26 pm Post subject:
RE: Want 2003, got NT4 domain and separate W2K Exch2000. Sug |
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Hello Muffin,
As your questions are related to the Exchange Server, I suggest you post
all Exchange-related question to the following newsgroup since they are the
experts in Exchange and will provide more accurate information:
microsoft.public.exchange.admin
Thank you for your understanding!
Best regards,
Frances He
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
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Muffin
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:17 pm Post subject:
Re: Want 2003, got NT4 domain and separate W2K Exch2000. Sug |
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Thanks for taking an interest.
No, there is no Exchange Server on the NT domain. Against each W2K AD user
we have added the NT domain user as an "Associated external account" and
given the same NT account "Full mailbox access". With the trust relationship,
this works fine (except for delegation, but we won't go into that in this
news group).
My concern is that the upgrade to Server 2003 of the NT domain may
invalidate the trust or that Server 2003 might try to link-up with the W2K
domain somehow.
"mote" wrote:
| Quote: | Does the NT Domain have an Exchange 5.5 Server?
How are the users in the NT domain accessing the
mailboxes in the Win 2000/Exchange 2000 Forest?
Just need a little more info to help you out.
Cheers!
"Muffin" <muffin@nospam.postalias> wrote in message
news:E6268764-9D73-4474-AEC8-67512334E65B@microsoft.com...
We have an NT4 domain (lets call it "DOMAIN1") that I want to upgrade to
2003. So I plan to create a new BDC, promote it to PDC, unplug from
network
and upgrade it to 2003. If it appears to work OK then I will plug it back
into network and then upgrade the BDCs and finally the other member
servers
(all NT4). The clients are mainly XP Pro so I expect they will be fine. I
want to keep the domain name of the NT4 domain ("DOMAIN1") and avoid
disruption at the client machines.
I am concerned about a single, standalone Windows 2000 server machine with
its own AD domain running its own DNS etc. and Exchange Server 2000
("DOMAIN2"). It was added by a third-party and I know very little about
the
AD structure. We were told that it was kept separate because it could not
be
added to the NT4 domain. I know it has a trust relationship with the NT4
domain to allow access to the email accounts. I don't want to upgrade the
Exchange Server box just yet.
1. If I upgrade the NT domain, is the Exchange Server going to get upset?
2. Will Server 2003 detect the Exchange/W2K AD server forest and try to
link-in with that or can I keep the NT4/2003 domain separate at this
stage?
Any thoughts and/or suggestions would be appreciated. I don't want to get
this wrong as our Exchange Server is important to our business.
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mote
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Want 2003, got NT4 domain and separate W2K Exch2000. Sug |
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The trust will remain the same once you upgrade to Windows 2003. It's pretty
easy to recreate if it breaks anyway. The only changes you have to
prepare for its the use of DNS, if you were pointing to external servers you
now
have to use the internal DNS servers.
You should seriously look into consolidating the domains.
You could exmerge out all the mailboxes in the 2000 domain and import them
into the new Windows 2003 Domain/Exchange 2003 Forest.
Cheers!
"Muffin" <muffin@nospam.postalias> wrote in message
news:C5A46945-5140-4C22-B200-952F0EDE592B@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | Thanks for taking an interest.
No, there is no Exchange Server on the NT domain. Against each W2K AD user
we have added the NT domain user as an "Associated external account" and
given the same NT account "Full mailbox access". With the trust
relationship,
this works fine (except for delegation, but we won't go into that in this
news group).
My concern is that the upgrade to Server 2003 of the NT domain may
invalidate the trust or that Server 2003 might try to link-up with the W2K
domain somehow.
"mote" wrote:
Does the NT Domain have an Exchange 5.5 Server?
How are the users in the NT domain accessing the
mailboxes in the Win 2000/Exchange 2000 Forest?
Just need a little more info to help you out.
Cheers!
"Muffin" <muffin@nospam.postalias> wrote in message
news:E6268764-9D73-4474-AEC8-67512334E65B@microsoft.com...
We have an NT4 domain (lets call it "DOMAIN1") that I want to upgrade
to
2003. So I plan to create a new BDC, promote it to PDC, unplug from
network
and upgrade it to 2003. If it appears to work OK then I will plug it
back
into network and then upgrade the BDCs and finally the other member
servers
(all NT4). The clients are mainly XP Pro so I expect they will be
fine. I
want to keep the domain name of the NT4 domain ("DOMAIN1") and avoid
disruption at the client machines.
I am concerned about a single, standalone Windows 2000 server machine
with
its own AD domain running its own DNS etc. and Exchange Server 2000
("DOMAIN2"). It was added by a third-party and I know very little
about
the
AD structure. We were told that it was kept separate because it could
not
be
added to the NT4 domain. I know it has a trust relationship with the
NT4
domain to allow access to the email accounts. I don't want to upgrade
the
Exchange Server box just yet.
1. If I upgrade the NT domain, is the Exchange Server going to get
upset?
2. Will Server 2003 detect the Exchange/W2K AD server forest and try
to
link-in with that or can I keep the NT4/2003 domain separate at this
stage?
Any thoughts and/or suggestions would be appreciated. I don't want to
get
this wrong as our Exchange Server is important to our business.
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