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CCIHCC
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Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:48 am Post subject:
Windows Active Directory Native Mode Question |
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I have a question about making the switch to Native mode. I have a windows
mix mode domain with 2 windows 2000 domain controllers and I also have one nt
4.0 domain controller with exchange 5.5 installed on it. We installed
exchange 2000 in the domain and are slowly trying to moce to exchange 2000.
In order to make the transition easier we need the domain to be native. My
question specifically is if I switch the domain to native will the nt 4.0 bdc
become a memeber server and remain part of the domain or will it be orpaned
from the domain and lose its membership altogether. |
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Danny Sanders
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:19 am Post subject:
Re: Windows Active Directory Native Mode Question |
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| Quote: | question specifically is if I switch the domain to native will the nt 4.0
bdc
become a memeber server and remain part of the domain or will it be
orpaned
from the domain and lose its membership altogether.
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Under ordinary circumstances you should not move to Native mode while a NT
BDC is still in the domain. But since you will need the BDC online in the
native mode domain for a finite amount of time, and then you will get rid of
it, you might be able to get away with it.
It will still think it is a BDC in the domain. It will not replicate with
your existing DC or become a member server. If you have passwords set to
expire on the domain when your users change their passwords, the "BDC" will
not get the new passwords replicated to it. If I recall right you can't go
into the BDC and set a new password for the user because it will need a to
connect to the PDC.
If you can complete what you need to do to get the Exchange 2000 up and
running in a day or two and if there are no password changes or new users
added during those couple of days, you *may* be OK moving to native mode.
Just remember that *anything* that happens that causes replication between
the DCs, once you switch to native mode the BDC will be left out of the
replication. If users change passwords while the exchange BDC is online,
expect them to start getting locked out of Exchange.
*If* you can do this when the network is "quiet" (weekend, three day
weekend) and you can complete it before it becomes "active" (Monday, work
weeks) you *may* be OK making the switch.
hth
DDS W 2k MVP
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| Quote: | I have a question about making the switch to Native mode. I have a windows
mix mode domain with 2 windows 2000 domain controllers and I also have one
nt
4.0 domain controller with exchange 5.5 installed on it. We installed
exchange 2000 in the domain and are slowly trying to moce to exchange
2000.
In order to make the transition easier we need the domain to be native.
My
question specifically is if I switch the domain to native will the nt 4.0
bdc
become a memeber server and remain part of the domain or will it be
orpaned
from the domain and lose its membership altogether. |
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CCIHCC
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:03 am Post subject:
RE: Windows Active Directory Native Mode Question |
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So it will reamin a BDC and will not replicate with the DCs once native?
Will users still try to authenticate with the BDC. I was under the
impression that once switching to native the BDC will become a memeber server.
"CCIHCC" wrote:
| Quote: | I have a question about making the switch to Native mode. I have a windows
mix mode domain with 2 windows 2000 domain controllers and I also have one nt
4.0 domain controller with exchange 5.5 installed on it. We installed
exchange 2000 in the domain and are slowly trying to moce to exchange 2000.
In order to make the transition easier we need the domain to be native. My
question specifically is if I switch the domain to native will the nt 4.0 bdc
become a memeber server and remain part of the domain or will it be orpaned
from the domain and lose its membership altogether. |
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Danny Sanders
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:53 am Post subject:
Re: Windows Active Directory Native Mode Question |
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| Quote: | So it will reamin a BDC and will not replicate with the DCs once native?
Will users still try to authenticate with the BDC. I was under the
impression that once switching to native the BDC will become a memeber
server
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Your users should authenticate to the PDC emulator, which is the Win 2k DC.
There is no way (besides reinstall or a third part app.) to change a NT 4.0
BDC into a member server. An NT 4.0 BDC on a native mode domain *acts* like
a member server when it comes to replication.
Member servers are OK in a Native mode domain because they DON'T participate
in the AD replication. An NT 4.0 BDC hasn't the foggiest Idea what Active
Directory is.
hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
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| Quote: | So it will reamin a BDC and will not replicate with the DCs once native?
Will users still try to authenticate with the BDC. I was under the
impression that once switching to native the BDC will become a memeber
server.
"CCIHCC" wrote:
I have a question about making the switch to Native mode. I have a
windows
mix mode domain with 2 windows 2000 domain controllers and I also have
one nt
4.0 domain controller with exchange 5.5 installed on it. We installed
exchange 2000 in the domain and are slowly trying to moce to exchange
2000.
In order to make the transition easier we need the domain to be native.
My
question specifically is if I switch the domain to native will the nt 4.0
bdc
become a memeber server and remain part of the domain or will it be
orpaned
from the domain and lose its membership altogether. |
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