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by tejota

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I need to setup a separate domain that our NT4 domain will access. My manager wants to put NT4 on this new domain but is there any reason why I can't setup the new domain as a Win2K domain? She wants there to be a PDC but can't I do this with 2000? All I have to do is run the dcpromo from start run menu....right?

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by quintar51

hi

you are correct in your theory. When you promote a 2k member server to a domain controller, make sure you select it to function in a mixed-mode environment, and that machine will be the PDC Emulator for that domain. You can later seize that role using another DC. Hope this helps.

by timwalsh

To expound further on Answer 1: in Win2K, there is no PDC/BDC relationship as there is in NT4. All Domain Controllers (DCs) are essentially equal (i.e. all have writable copies of Active Directory and SAM account info, whereas only the PDC has a writable copy of this info in NT4). Once you set up the Win2K domain, you will enable trust relationships just as you do between 2 NT4 domains. If these were 2 Win2K domains in the sam AD forest, trusts would be created automatically.

Hope this helps.

by tejota

To further expand my issue, we do not want to run Active Directory on the new domain. Is this possible? The reason for this is that when our original NT40 domain is upgraded to 2000 with active directory, we don't want any complications with the other domain.

by ogruizr

You shouldn't set up another Domain. You should install W2k Servers and join them to domain NT. It's going to avoid problems in the future when you go to upgrade to W2k AD.

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