replacing NT4.0 PDC with Win2K AD

[Guest]

I walked in to this little dilemma after a battle between the old Admin and the Owner. Now we have a nifty new system(Dell 2600) running Win2K server(stand alone) and an NT 4.0 as the PDC. My objective is to replace the NT4.0 PDC with the Win2K server.

I have never done anything like this before. Does anyone know a good starting point?

 

[Chriss3]

You can do an in place upgrade by upgrade the NT4.0 PDC with Windows 2000
Server, or Install Active Directory at the stand-alone server and migrate
over accounts , groups and computers with ADMT (Active Directory Migration
Tool)


Active Directory Migration Tool Overview:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/admt.asp

Download ADMT:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/admt/default.asp

How to Migrate Your Windows NT 4.0 Directory Services to Windows 2000 Active
Directory:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tcevents/itevents/ad/tnq20003.asp

Domain Migration Strategies and Windows 2000:
http://www.microsoft.com/Seminar/Includes/Seminar.asp?Url=/Seminar/1033/19990923TEDMS/Portal.xml

Domain Migration Cookbook:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/cookbook.asp

Planning Domain Migration Strategies:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/dpg/default.asp
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Christoffer Andersson

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I walked in to this little dilemma after a battle between the old Admin

and the Owner. Now we have a nifty new system(Dell 2600) running Win2K
server(stand alone) and an NT 4.0 as the PDC. My objective is to replace
the NT4.0 PDC with the Win2K server.

I have never done anything like this before. Does anyone know a good

starting point?

 

[Danny Sanders]

You can either migrate to Win 2k
See:
How to Set Up ADMT for Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Migration

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260871



Or you can upgrade to Win 2k. To upgrade you must upgrade the PDC first.

How To: Upgrade Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows 2000 Server

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298107





You might consider removing Win 2k from the member server and installing NT
4.0 on it as a BDC while connected to your domain, promote to PDC then
upgrade to Win 2k.





hth

DDS W 2k MVP MCSE\

I walked in to this little dilemma after a battle between the old Admin

and the Owner. Now we have a nifty new system(Dell 2600) running Win2K
server(stand alone) and an NT 4.0 as the PDC. My objective is to replace
the NT4.0 PDC with the Win2K server.

I have never done anything like this before. Does anyone know a good

starting point?