Hi,
I just started a 6 month job at a company to do some Windows work for them. The company has 4 Windows 2000 server machines with replicated Active Directories. One 2000 server is the master AD and also is running Exchange 2000. My task is to bring up a new Windows 2003 server box and get AD on it.
I?m confused about the difference between Mixed and Native Modes with 2 different aspects.
As I said above there is an Active Directory instance on the exchange box and 3 other Domain Controllers.
When I go into the Active Directory Users and Computers properties it says ?Mixed mode (supports both Windows 2000 and pre-Windows 2000 domain controllers)?. However when I go into the actual Service Manager for exchange on the same Exchange Server box the properties tell me the following: Native Mode (no pre-Exchange 2000 servers).
I?m unsure what the difference is between the two modes in the two different locations on the Exchange box. Does anyone have any clue of what I should do?
I want to bring all of them to Native Mode. Can I just upgrade all 4 of the existing 2000 servers to Native mode in the AD properties? The reason I have to do this is that I have to run the 2003 dcpromo.exe /forestprep on the old Exchange AD to be able to promote the 2003 server to a Domain Controller.
I appreciate any help and direction you can give me.
Thanks in advance,
—
Steve Lewis