Connecting Vista Ultimate / x64 to an Windows 2003 (or 2000) domai

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Hi Fellows,

Can you please review those questions so we can consider deployment of Vista
on the current infrastructure:

1. Can we then look into approving if there are no security or operational
issues
if I login my Vista / X64 machine to Win3K or Win2K domain ?
1.1 Might it ruin my account settings if I login in parallel from XP SP2
/ x86 ?
2. Can I use Office 2003 on my Vista X64 machine with no issues as I hook to
my
exchange account that runs on Server 2003 / X86 ?
2.1 Note that I would still like to keep my XP + Office 2003 environment
in
parallelintact with no issues that the Vista / Office might cause.
3. Can I use Office 2007 on my Vista X64 or XP SP2 / X86 machine with
no issues as I hook to my exchange account that runs on Server 2003 /
X86 ?
Note that I would still like to keep my XP + Office 2003 environment
intact with
no issues that the Vista / Office might cause.

Thanks,

Jack.
 
JackFlash said:
Hi Fellows,

Can you please review those questions so we can consider deployment
of Vista
on the current infrastructure:

1. Can we then look into approving if there are no security or
operational
issues
if I login my Vista / X64 machine to Win3K or Win2K domain ?
Click to expand...

No problems - Vista is fully supported (x86 or x64) in a 2003/2000
Active Directory environment
1.1 Might it ruin my account settings if I login in parallel from
XP SP2
/ x86 ?
Click to expand...

Your profile should work across both platforms if you are using
roaming profiles.
2. Can I use Office 2003 on my Vista X64 machine with no issues as I
hook to
my
exchange account that runs on Server 2003 / X86 ?
Click to expand...

Office 2003 is supported on Vista and Outlook will function without
issue.
2.1 Note that I would still like to keep my XP + Office 2003
environment
in
parallelintact with no issues that the Vista / Office might
cause.
Click to expand...

No problems if they are on separte disks or partitions on your PC.
3. Can I use Office 2007 on my Vista X64 or XP SP2 / X86 machine
with
no issues as I hook to my exchange account that runs on Server
2003 /
X86 ?
Yes

Note that I would still like to keep my XP + Office 2003
environment
intact with
no issues that the Vista / Office might cause.
Click to expand...

No issues with mixed access of Vista x64/Outlook 2007 and XP/Outlook
203 or XPSp2/Outlook 2007 to the same mailbox.
You can mix clients Vista and XPSP2 and platforms x64 and x86 and
Outlook 2003 and 2007 against the same mailbox without issue.
 
Mike Brannigan said:
No problems - Vista is fully supported (x86 or x64) in a 2003/2000
Active Directory environment
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No problems is a bit optimistic. The OP would be well advised to look
at the various posings in this and the .networking_sharing and .general
groups relating to Remote Desktop, Remote Assistance, file and printer
sharing, logon scripts, etc.

As to the Office 2003, etc., I don't follow those closely at all, but it
would be a good idea to check the Office and Outlook groups for any
interoperability issues.

Regards,

Dave
 
Indeed I have also posted to the Office group.
I will take a look at the other groups, but my main concern was about
any major issues I might cause to my original environment or to the domain -
while I assume there would be medium and minor
issues running some of the regular day to day operations on the X64 machine.
 
JackFlash said:
Indeed I have also posted to the Office group.
I will take a look at the other groups, but my main concern was
about
any major issues I might cause to my original environment or to the
domain -
while I assume there would be medium and minor
issues running some of the regular day to day operations on the X64
machine.
Click to expand...

I have worked withy clients with tens of thousands of Vista clients
deployed in 2003 ADs - no major issues.
 
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