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WINDOWS 2000-NT4 Integration

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by sohai.shamoon

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I am using Winnt4 server (enterprise edition) . i wish to add a windows 2000 server as BDC to a NT 4 PDC . is it possible ? else how do i do it ?

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by erikdr

This is not foreseen in the MS migration scenarios. A W2K server can be the 'PDC' (well actually a PDC emulator, ADS does not follow the primary/secondary structure), and the NT4 servers can remain as BDC's as long as the ADS domain is in 'mixed mode'.

So if I were you, I'd simply start with the W2K machine as a member server of the NT domain. Later on you can switch to mixed mode ADS, with upgrading the then-current PDC first...

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by rkelly

You cannot add a Windows 2000 Server as a BDC to an NT 4 Domain. When you install a Win2K Server as a domain controller into an NT 4 domain it automatically takes the role of PDC Emulator in the new AD Domain that it creates. As such what you actually end up with is a new Active Directory Domain with one Windows 2000 server running in mixed mode, providing emulation for SAM database replication to your NT 4 BDCs. I agree with the answer above if you must have Windows 2000 install as a member server for now, and upgrade to a domain controller at a later date, unless you want to have AD and Windows 2000 now.

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