Upgrading AD 2003 to AD 2008 In-Place

8 Jul 2009 3:55 PM

Luiz

Hi,

I have a question about Upgrade AD In-Place mode:
- I have a DC/AD Windows Server 2003 and my environment has a Exchange
Server 2003.
I want upgrade my environment to Windows Server 2008 and AD too
But I donÂ´t have another hardware to configure the new DC 2008 so I would
like to know if I can do a in-place upgrade of my AD 2003 to AD 2008.

Thanks for while.

Luiz

8 Jul 2009 10:41 PM

Marcin

Luiz - this should be fine, as long as you are not running Exchange Server
2003 on the domain controller. Also make sure that you have Exchange Server
2003 SP2 installed...

hth
Marcin

Show quoteHide quote

"Luiz" <L***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:57D12AB7-DC93-4E60-9683-47085944ACA0@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about Upgrade AD In-Place mode:
> - I have a DC/AD Windows Server 2003 and my environment has a Exchange
> Server 2003.
> I want upgrade my environment to Windows Server 2008 and AD too
> But I don´t have another hardware to configure the new DC 2008 so I would
> like to know if I can do a in-place upgrade of my AD 2003 to AD 2008.
>
> Thanks for while.
>
> Luiz

9 Jul 2009 6:22 AM

Florian Frommherz [MVP]

Howdie!

Luiz schrieb:

> I have a question about Upgrade AD In-Place mode:
> - I have a DC/AD Windows Server 2003 and my environment has a Exchange
> Server 2003.
> I want upgrade my environment to Windows Server 2008 and AD too
> But I donÂ´t have another hardware to configure the new DC 2008 so I would
> like to know if I can do a in-place upgrade of my AD 2003 to AD 2008.

Let me add that you should at least have two domain controllers per
domain. Just for failover and load issues. It is much easier to recover
from a failure with two DCs than having to fix a one-DC-domain. Users
will be able to auth once one of the DCs is down. If your only DC is
broken, people won't be able to access any resources (mail, file,
intranet web)

Cheers,
Florian

--
Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
Maillist (german): http://frickelsoft.net/cms/index.php?page=mailingliste

9 Jul 2009 6:59 AM

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

Hello Luiz,

Yes, it is supported to do inplace upgrade. But as already mentioned, you
should think about a second DC before going on. So in case something fails
your AD is still working.

Maybe check your server before:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821/

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Show quoteHide quote

> Hi,
>
> I have a question about Upgrade AD In-Place mode:
> - I have a DC/AD Windows Server 2003 and my environment has a
> Exchange
> Server 2003.
> I want upgrade my environment to Windows Server 2008 and AD too
> But I don´t have another hardware to configure the new DC 2008 so I
> would
> like to know if I can do a in-place upgrade of my AD 2003 to AD 2008.
> Thanks for while.
>
> Luiz
>