merging forests into 1 forest is not possible... you can however create a trust (forest trust if both are w2k3 and in ffl w2k3, otherwise an external trust) between the 2. You can still setup DNS so that problem.joe.com is delegated from joe.com en problem.joe.com forwards to joe.com You did not say if you have exchange... that will be another story.... each forest can only have 1 exchange org. So you need to choose between which forest gets the exchange org or do both forest get their own exchange org. With the first you have all mailboxes in one forest and accounts in both forest. Some of the mailboxes will have enabled user accounts and some will have disabled accounts (that represent the users in the other forest) With the second the accounts in each forest will have their mailboxes in their own forest. You need however to sync GALs en free/busy info. If you keep both forest is best to configure the sites and subnets the same in both forests Read more at: Multiple Forest Considerations in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b717bfcd-6c1c-4af6-8b2c-b604e60067ba&DisplayLang=en Planning to Deploy Exchange in a Multiple Forest Environmenthttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/PlanE2k3MsgSys/e477a729-e0d9-44e3-816c-f3fe39e6fa36.mspx Using a Dedicated Exchange Forest - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/PlanE2k3MsgSys/4db5a8dc-c8c9-4e1a-8c2e-48d0afcfee27.mspx If possible you could also migrate the objects (users groups etc) from problem.joe.com to joe.com Cheers, Jorge
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jorge Jurado Cordón Sent: Fri 9/9/2005 12:31 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Joining forest with a problem in the name. Hi again. I should have used "mixing" instead of "joining". We want to mix domains front diferent forests into domains in the same forest wit a parent-child relationship. Tanks again. Jorge Jurado ________________________________ De: Jorge Jurado Cordón [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: jueves, 18 de agosto de 2005 20:34 Para: [email protected] Asunto: [ActiveDir] Joining forest with a problem in the name. Hi everybody. We got a problem with a domain that was installed nosensesly. We got a domain named (example): joe.com; and the problem is that we have a domain that unfortunately was named (example): problem.joe.com; both domains are the first domain of a new forest tree. And we need to make problem.joe.com child of joe.com or at least establish transitive relationship. Obviously as you can imagine we can´t cause of the equal domains root. We need to do it without reinstall or deleting the problem.joe.com domain... we know the way of change the problem.joe.com but we cannot afford it. There is any way of join it?, maybe building the DNS manually, establishing sites, creating relationchips by han?... Any idea?. Thanks a lot. Jorge Jurado This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.
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