So if you have a win2k3 domain, then you've already run forest and domain prep, or just dcpromo'd it straight up, right? I'll assume so.
If you dcpromo the win2k box as a new domain in the win2k3 domain's forest, you will later need to run domain prep on the new win2k domain. If you dcpromo the win2k box as a new replica of the win2k3 domain, you will not. Note: You're playing it fast and lose with the word join. Joining a domain does not involve dcpromo necessarily. Any member server or workstation can do what's known as join a domain. I myself pevert the term dcpromo to indicate the action of bringing up a DC. Such as "I dcpromo'd a replica DC", or "I'm dcpromoing a new domain DC.". You don't need to run adprep on a regular computer that just joins a domain (w/o becoming a DC). Cheers, BrettSh (msft) Dev On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Jacob Stabl wrote: > I think I know the answer to this but need some reassurance. I have a w2k3 > domain and I need to join a w2k box to the domain, I don't have the license > for the upgrade yet. Do I have to run adprep on that w2k machine before I > join it to the domain or can I just run dcpromo and it will get all the w2k3 > settings it needs once it's joined? > > Thanks > > -- > Jacob Stabl > Network Engineer > Plain Local Schools > http://plainlocal.org > Work: 330.492.3500 x.383 > Cell: 330.704.1278 > > 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/ > 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/
