I have a Win2K domain with (4) DC's, and (2) Exchange 2K servers. The domain is currently running in mixed mode as are the Exchange servers. We do not have any NT4 DC's (and have not for years) nor do we have any Exchange 5.5 servers. I do have a handful of downlevel clients; i.e. Win98/NT4. I'm going to be replacing servers later this year and moving to Win2K3/Exchange 2K7. I am trying to clean up the security permissions on files/folders first as they are a mess. I want to have nested global security groups, which requires that AD be in Native mode. 1 - If I convert my Win2K domain from mixed mode to native mode, are there any problems that I am likely to encounter? 2 - After converting my domain, I will then convert my Exchange 2K servers to native mode. Again, are there any things that I need to watch out for/be aware of? Thanks! John
Hi, no and no. There should be no problems with these changes. Leif "John" skrev i meddelelsen news:OoaIrE96HHA.4304@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >I have a Win2K domain with (4) DC's, and (2) Exchange 2K servers. The >domain is currently running in mixed mode as are the Exchange servers. We >do not have any NT4 DC's (and have not for years) nor do we have any >Exchange 5.5 servers. I do have a handful of downlevel clients; i.e. >Win98/NT4. > > I'm going to be replacing servers later this year and moving to > Win2K3/Exchange 2K7. I am trying to clean up the security permissions on > files/folders first as they are a mess. I want to have nested global > security groups, which requires that AD be in Native mode. > > 1 - If I convert my Win2K domain from mixed mode to native mode, are there > any problems that I am likely to encounter? > > 2 - After converting my domain, I will then convert my Exchange 2K servers > to native mode. Again, are there any things that I need to watch out > for/be aware of? > > Thanks! > > John
Thanks, independent confirmation is what I was looking for. John Leif Pedersen [ MVP] wrote: > Hi, > > no and no. There should be no problems with these changes. > > Leif > > "John" skrev i meddelelsen > news:OoaIrE96HHA.4304@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> I have a Win2K domain with (4) DC's, and (2) Exchange 2K servers. The >> domain is currently running in mixed mode as are the Exchange servers. >> We do not have any NT4 DC's (and have not for years) nor do we have >> any Exchange 5.5 servers. I do have a handful of downlevel clients; >> i.e. Win98/NT4. >> >> I'm going to be replacing servers later this year and moving to >> Win2K3/Exchange 2K7. I am trying to clean up the security permissions >> on files/folders first as they are a mess. I want to have nested >> global security groups, which requires that AD be in Native mode. >> >> 1 - If I convert my Win2K domain from mixed mode to native mode, are >> there any problems that I am likely to encounter? >> >> 2 - After converting my domain, I will then convert my Exchange 2K >> servers to native mode. Again, are there any things that I need to >> watch out for/be aware of? >> >> Thanks! >> >> John >
