I need to replace a DC. I would like to get some feedback, before I get
started. Currently the network has a SBS2003 as DC with no othe rmember
servers. I need to replace that with a machine running Windows Server 2003
R2. I am considering the following:
1. Join the new server to the network and promote it to BDC. (Im still not
sure this is possible with SBS, since SBS wants to be the only DC on a
network.)
2. Decommision the SBS, and allow it to transfer the all the roles and
Global Catalog to the new server.
....Will this work? If not whats the best path for this when SBS is part of
the picture? Thanks!

Ssam

You might want to ask this in one of the SBS groups. Not sure it will work.
If not use ADMT.


hth
DDS

"SeriousSam" <SeriousSam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2B79FA7A-271D-424B-B4FF-1976D9C99D1F@microsoft.com...
>I need to replace a DC. I would like to get some feedback, before I get
> started. Currently the network has a SBS2003 as DC with no othe rmember
> servers. I need to replace that with a machine running Windows Server 2003
> R2. I am considering the following:
> 1. Join the new server to the network and promote it to BDC. (Im still not
> sure this is possible with SBS, since SBS wants to be the only DC on a
> network.)
> 2. Decommision the SBS, and allow it to transfer the all the roles and
> Global Catalog to the new server.
> ...Will this work? If not whats the best path for this when SBS is part of
> the picture? Thanks!
>
> Ssam

Thanks Danny, I iwll check in the SBS newsgroup and see what they have to
say. I appreciate the response.

"Danny Sanders" wrote:

> You might want to ask this in one of the SBS groups. Not sure it will work.
> If not use ADMT.
>
>
> hth
> DDS
>
> "SeriousSam" <SeriousSam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2B79FA7A-271D-424B-B4FF-1976D9C99D1F@microsoft.com...
> >I need to replace a DC. I would like to get some feedback, before I get
> > started. Currently the network has a SBS2003 as DC with no othe rmember
> > servers. I need to replace that with a machine running Windows Server 2003
> > R2. I am considering the following:
> > 1. Join the new server to the network and promote it to BDC. (Im still not
> > sure this is possible with SBS, since SBS wants to be the only DC on a
> > network.)
> > 2. Decommision the SBS, and allow it to transfer the all the roles and
> > Global Catalog to the new server.
> > ...Will this work? If not whats the best path for this when SBS is part of
> > the picture? Thanks!
> >
> > Ssam
>
>
>