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I am going to be bringing in a 2008R2 domain controller into a (currently 2003 domain). Functional level is at 2003 for both forrest and domain.<\/p>\n
I know I need to run adprep /forestprep and /rodcprep and /domainprep<\/p>\n
My question is this. After I run those, do I need to immediately put in the 2008R2 server or can i run (lets say infinitely) just with 2003 servers until I drop in the 2008R2 server?<\/p>\n
thanks!<\/p>","upvoteCount":4,"answerCount":5,"datePublished":"2015-02-27T18:29:10.000Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dan5601","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/dan5601"},"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"
I believe you can continue to run using the existing 2003 AD controller provided you don’t raise the functionality level or migrate any of the roles.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2015-02-27T19:08:07.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/2008r2-domain-controller/383612/3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"carlkatona","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/carlkatona"}},"suggestedAnswer":[{"@type":"Answer","text":"
I am going to be bringing in a 2008R2 domain controller into a (currently 2003 domain). Functional level is at 2003 for both forrest and domain.<\/p>\n
I know I need to run adprep /forestprep and /rodcprep and /domainprep<\/p>\n
My question is this. After I run those, do I need to immediately put in the 2008R2 server or can i run (lets say infinitely) just with 2003 servers until I drop in the 2008R2 server?<\/p>\n
thanks!<\/p>","upvoteCount":4,"datePublished":"2015-02-27T18:29:10.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/2008r2-domain-controller/383612/1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dan5601","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/dan5601"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Sorry to be ‘that guy’, but why are you not standing up a 2012 R2 server? The ADPREP process is all automated now.<\/p>","upvoteCount":3,"datePublished":"2015-02-27T18:32:57.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/2008r2-domain-controller/383612/2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Little-Green-Man","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/Little-Green-Man"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
There’s no need to run the *preps until you plan on putting in the DC. And like Bill (LGM) mentioned, installing a DC in Server 2012 R2 is slick and runs those commands automatically now.<\/p>","upvoteCount":1,"datePublished":"2015-02-27T19:10:39.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/2008r2-domain-controller/383612/4","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"billmorrow","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/billmorrow"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Thanks everyone.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2015-03-02T17:56:34.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/2008r2-domain-controller/383612/5","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dan5601","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/dan5601"}}]}}