It sounds to me like a migration from your existing domain to the new one is the best option. ADMT 2.0 is still in Beta, but I have done some testing with it and it seems to work well. The big advantage is the ability to script a lot of the work. Password migration is another plus.
Your biggest issue is going to be the shared DNS namespace. If I understand correctly, they want you to use the same namespace for your new domain as you already have for your existing domain. This could complicate things significantly and I would try to avoid it if at all possible. Can't you get them to change the new domain name to something like usa.corebusiness.com.au? Then after the migration when you upgrade to .NET you can rename using the Domain Rename Tool: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/domainrename/default.asp Tony -----Original Message----- From: Blair, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Mittwoch, 15. Mai 2002 05:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Scenario... All, A couple of months ago I threw a scenario out there and got some great feedback below is the nightmare that we are now faced with, should you require any clarification do not hesitate to contact me: We have a very successful Windows 2000 domain called, lets say us.corebusiness.com.au with 500+ users. Our sister company 6500+ users has decided to migrate to Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 has decided that now is the time to go. We have always had a trust in place. Politics, toys picked up around the cot etc. have been sorted and the decision reached, their side using contractors, is to have a root forest and then first and second layer domains, far from the Root Domain two first level domains that we pushed for...anyway. NOTE: HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATE DOMAINS, I won't go there now.: Basic Domain Design: OZprimary, Root Forest, DNS | Ocorebusiness.com.au | Ous.corebusiness.com.au Herein lies our problem...we already have the namespace us.corebusiness.com.au in a Windows 2000 domain (Mixed Mode). The contractors will build us a DC and ship it up to us. Herein lies a small issue....here is the clincher, we need to try and retain as much info such as workstation and user accounts etc and transfer it over to the new domain with the same namespace as the old domain, am I making sense...Please advise if you can... James List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
