Hello All,
I am currently carrying out an upgrade from windows 2000 to windows 2003, and I want to change my domain name. Instead of upgrading all my domain controllers from to windows 2000 to windows 2003, I want to build an entirely new win2k3 machine as a new domain controller with the new domain name I want to move to;
Set up a trust relationship with the 2 domains
Use the ADMT tool to migrate all accounts from the old to the new domain
Use the migration wizard to move mailboxes from my old exchange 2000 server to a new exchange 2003 server I want to set up in the new domain.
One of the top questions lingering in my mind is that since I have about 5000 clients running windows xp, how will I automate the process of clients joining the new domain, since they are presently members of the old domain.
Secondly, I want to find out if any one has used this method to carry out an upgrade and advice me if I am doing anything wrong and the best steps I would need to take to ensure the upgrade is successful.
Fush
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