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NT5 member server on an NT4 network

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by pwright

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We are planning to deploy an intranet and had considered bringing in a Windows 2000 server as the host. We have no immediate plans to upgrade from NT 4.0, but thought it might be a good idea to begin getting acquainted with the new OS, on a member server only. A Dell rep recently advised against that as Active Directory Services can wreak havoc among the NT4 domain controllers(even configured as a member server?)I would appreciate any feedback or experience anyone has had with this.

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by john beno

I currently have an NT 4.0 domain and have brought up and added to the domain Windows 2000 servers as member servers. The issue does come in that you do not install the Active Directory Services. If you want to work with Active Directory, I would suggest an isolated test domain. The Windows 2000 Advanced Server does not install the Active Directory Services by default. You have to install the service later. I am currently playing with the Dell PowerApp server and have other Windows 2000 member servers on the network. So from our experience it has not been a problem. I do stress that Active Directory Services are not installed or running on any of these servers.

by pwright

Thanks John, that tells us what we needed to know. Now I'm off to do some research on the differences between IIS 4.0 and 5.0.

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