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Matt Helm
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:51 pm    Post subject: Moving towards a domain setup! Reply with quote

Our company is growing and we've out grown our workgroup set up.

I have two domain controllers running now and I want to put our users and
our servers on to the domain. I have a file server and a app server both
running win2003. Should I first add the servers to the domain than go from
pc to pc and ad the users? Or should I add the users to the domain first
than join the file server and the app server? I realize i'm going to have to
copy all the users profiles over to the new domain profile on their
particular pc which is going to be a PITA!

Any suggestions on how to do this?

THANKS
Helm
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William Hutchison [MSFT]
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Moving towards a domain setup! Reply with quote

Matt,

I've always preferred the approach of gathering and deploying all the
resources I think I will need first (so in this case, I would add the file
server and the app server before adding the users). Then I would select
some representative users and trial my deployment process. In this way, I
could determine whether I had overlooked something (including the need for
an additional resource) or whether there was something that I could automate
to help reduce the burden of full roll-out. After reviewing the
feedback/observations from the trial, only then would I proceed to the full
roll-out (so the users would be added last).

Not the only way it could be done but that was my approach in my previous
career. Hope this helps. Thanks.

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William Hutchison [MSFT]
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"Matt Helm" <helm@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Our company is growing and we've out grown our workgroup set up.

I have two domain controllers running now and I want to put our users and
our servers on to the domain. I have a file server and a app server both
running win2003. Should I first add the servers to the domain than go from
pc to pc and ad the users? Or should I add the users to the domain first
than join the file server and the app server? I realize i'm going to have
to copy all the users profiles over to the new domain profile on their
particular pc which is going to be a PITA!

Any suggestions on how to do this?

THANKS
Helm
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Matt Helm
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Moving towards a domain setup! Reply with quote

Will all my users permissions to various folders on the two servers be lost
when I join the servers to the domain?

Thanks
Helm


"William Hutchison [MSFT]" <williamh@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Matt,

I've always preferred the approach of gathering and deploying all the
resources I think I will need first (so in this case, I would add the file
server and the app server before adding the users). Then I would select
some representative users and trial my deployment process. In this way, I
could determine whether I had overlooked something (including the need for
an additional resource) or whether there was something that I could
automate to help reduce the burden of full roll-out. After reviewing the
feedback/observations from the trial, only then would I proceed to the
full roll-out (so the users would be added last).

Not the only way it could be done but that was my approach in my previous
career. Hope this helps. Thanks.

--
William Hutchison [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.


"Matt Helm" <helm@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:udU%23TAZ%23EHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Our company is growing and we've out grown our workgroup set up.

I have two domain controllers running now and I want to put our users and
our servers on to the domain. I have a file server and a app server both
running win2003. Should I first add the servers to the domain than go
from pc to pc and ad the users? Or should I add the users to the domain
first than join the file server and the app server? I realize i'm going
to have to copy all the users profiles over to the new domain profile on
their particular pc which is going to be a PITA!

Any suggestions on how to do this?

THANKS
Helm


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