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by dac8463

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I'm new to the Network Admin role. I have been holding done the help desk, desktop specialist and Network Admin roles and I now need to focus on setting up Windows 2000 servers in a Win 4.0 server environment. At this point, I've installed the network components in the servers and now I'd like to bring one of them live on the Network. We have around 100+ clients and 50 clients to dialin through Remote Access (modem pool). I've been told that I will need to make my Winnt 4.0 server a BDC andtrust in with the new Windows 2000 server. How ever I need someone to give me the step-by-step instructions on the sequence of bring this server live on our network. For example, do I make the Winnt 4.0 server a BDC first then connect the Windows 2000 server? Then do I setup a trust between them? I could really use some expert advice as quick as possible. Or even some direction or a good reference book.

Thanks,
Deb

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by curlergirl

There are three ways to run NT4.0 and Win2K servers in a mixed environment.

1. You can join your Win2K server to the NT 4.0 domain. In this case, the Win2K server can ONLY have the role of a member server in the NT 4.0 domain. You will not be able to set up Active Directory or take advantage of any of the advanced functions of a Win2K domain like dynamic DNS, etc.

2. You can upgrade your current domain to a Win2K domain with Active Directory and let your NT 4.0 BDCs continue to act as BDCs until you are ready to upgrade them to Win2K. This, however, requires that you upgrade an NT 4.0 PDC to Win2K first. You can take one of your NT 4.0 BDCs, upgrade it to PDC, upgrade it to Win2K (simply put in the Win2K CD and tell it to upgrade), at which point it will become the first domain controller in your new Win2K AD domain.
3. You can set up your Win2K server(s) in a separate domain and create a trust between the two domains. If this is what you want to do, download the Domain Migration Cookbook from the Microsoft web site (go to www.microsoft.com/technet and search for "domain migration cookbook") and read particularly Chs. 10 and 11 - these will give you step by step instructions for migrating from an NT4.0 domain to a Win2k AD domain, and part of that involves setting up a trust between the two domains and migrating user accounts from one to the other.

Hope this helps!

by dac8463

Thanks for answering my question. I have another road block that I hope you can help me with.

I have setup a test W2K serverlaptop as a Domain Controller. I was able to establish a trust relationship one way but can't establish a two way trust. I can access my current PDC resources via my new test W2K DC. However, I can't establish the PDC to Trust my DC. On the W2k DC I added the PDC as trusting and then I try to add the DC as Trusted Domain but I get an error that states: Network path could not be found. If I try to verify my trust on the DC server I get a message that says: The secure channel failed.... I researched the problem and it says the netdom.exe will fix this problem. However, I get message that my netdom syntac is incorrect.
I appreciate any help you can give me quickly.

Thanks,
Desparate!

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