Prepare a Windows Server 2003 Domain to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain

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  1. nugget
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    Hi all. Just looking for a bit of info on preparing a win 2003 domain for an upgrade to win 2008.
    Looking on technet I have found the information for doing this but I just want to make sure I understand it right.

    As far as I understand, I need to prepare the forest first by updating the ad schema and then after the changes replicate throughout the domain I can then prepare the domain for a 2008 domain controller. Right?
     
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    That's what we did:

    adprep /forestprep (first) then
    adprep /domainprep (second)

    -Ken

    EDIT: If your 2003 DC's are 32bit, you'll need to run the 32 bit version of adprep (adprep32), it's on the Windows 2008 r2 disc
     
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    Yup, you also have the option of running adprep /rodc for a read only DC if this is something that may be of use to you.

    If not you don't have to run this though.

    AD DS: Read-Only Domain Controllers
     
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