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Small Business Server 2000 as BDC!

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by glmb 1 view

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I have started to setup a SBS 2000 as a backup domain controller using a PC.I was asked by the setup to demote the server by running dcpromo.exe.
I did that and the rest of the setup goes well but at the end of the setup I get this message: "This product does not support this option".
Does that mean that SBS 2000 can not be setup as a Backup Domain Controller on a PC?

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by owen.snowdon

SBS is intended for a small office environment. It is meant to be the only server in the environment, therefore it can only be the main AD\PDC. It will not participate in a NT network as other servers do ie it cannot be a BDC or member server in an existing domain.

by tori

The Small Business Server (SBS) 2000 can not be installed as a domain controller in an exsisting domain. The SBS must be set up as the root domain controller of an Active Directory forest. You can add more domain controllers or standalone servers tothe domain after that, but not more SBS servers. Take a look at Microsoft article Q295765.

by timifad

You cannot install additional domain controller in a domain where SBS 2000 is a domain controller. You can only install a standalone server or a member server in the domain.

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