Forest/Domain Functional Levels
Ally77
Member Posts: 212
Firstly, i am about to sit the 70-294 exam and am not sure if i am posting these questions in the wrong forum, so sorry if that is the case
I could do with some1 clearing this up for me as i have read conflicting articles on this. Scenario is as follows:
forest root: example.com (All DC's running windows 2003)
child domain1: child1.example.com (All DC's running windows 2000)
child domain2: child2.example.com (All DC's running windows 2000)
Forest Functional Level: Windows 2000
Domain Functional Levels: Windows 2000 Native
What i am looking to do is to be able to rename all the DC's in the entire domain. If i am correct then this means that all the domains must be set to 2003 functional level?
My question is as follows: Since all my domain functional levels are at 2000 native, can i raise them to 2003 by simply raising the forest functional level to 2003?
Some articles seem to suggest that i must raise the functional level of the child domains and raise the forest functional level! My understanding is that this is not necessary??
I could do with some1 clearing this up for me as i have read conflicting articles on this. Scenario is as follows:
forest root: example.com (All DC's running windows 2003)
child domain1: child1.example.com (All DC's running windows 2000)
child domain2: child2.example.com (All DC's running windows 2000)
Forest Functional Level: Windows 2000
Domain Functional Levels: Windows 2000 Native
What i am looking to do is to be able to rename all the DC's in the entire domain. If i am correct then this means that all the domains must be set to 2003 functional level?
My question is as follows: Since all my domain functional levels are at 2000 native, can i raise them to 2003 by simply raising the forest functional level to 2003?
Some articles seem to suggest that i must raise the functional level of the child domains and raise the forest functional level! My understanding is that this is not necessary??
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fondue
Member Posts: 104
First you would have to upgrade all of the DC's to 2003, then raise the forest functional level to 2003.
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Ally77
Member Posts: 212
Thankyou Fondue, i realised my mistake a short while ago. Was focusing on the fact that the domain functional levels were 2000 native so much i overlooked the fact that the DC's were only running 2000.
Thankyou