James, I'd take a look at both ADC & ADMT and consider using the sidhistory AD attribute. to maintain your security permissions on the old domain objects. However, you'll need to understand the implications of doing this, especially if your customer is security conscious.
Darren. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James M. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:59 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] Is Exchange 5.5 running on NT 4.0 accessible via Native Mode Acti ve Directory? > I'm converting a customer from an NT 4.0 Domain based model to Active > directory. > > My problem is this.... I'm very tempted to fire up Win2k server on a brand > new box running native mode. Once set up I could use the Win2k version of > NetDom to create trusts to the existing NT 4.0 servers. Now I've got a > fully functional AD domain for testing before adding all of my NT 4.0 users > etc. This all sounds great... but I think the fly in the ointment is > getting AD users access to exchange 5.5 running on an NT 4.0 Primary Domain > Controller. > > I could always put NT 4.0, promote to NT 4.0 PDC and up upgrade to Win2k > Server "Mixed Mode" but I've always been weary of ANY upgrade vs. a fresh > install on Servers. > > Would the Exchange "Active Directory Connecter" help me here or is that more > of a tool for a mixed Exchange server environment? > > Any Thoughts... > > > > James M. Brown, CNE, MCSE > J.B. Kane, Inc. > 315-451-7590 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.jbkane.com > > List info: http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info: http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
