TEST LAB

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it4boni

Hello,

What is the best way to duplicate my production network into a test lab?

We are running 4 DCs on the production network. I would like setup the same
settings, accounts, groups, group policies, dns, on my test lab.

Someone mentioned building a server on the production network, promoting the
server to a domain controller and letting it replicate.

What would be the impact on my production network once I disconnect the
domain controller?
 
as long as you take it out of the domain properly you sohuld be fine...
otherwise you will have undeleteable :p dsa objects that you'll have to get
rid of with asdi edit... but all in all this is your best way to copy data,
unless you use a dos type backup too (robocopy) to copy all for all onto the
box.

also if it's a similar server you can image one of your existing, that would
require you to down / image burn a live DC though.
 
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