workgroup upgrade
 

What would be the recommended way to add a domain
controller to a workgroup? I have built a domain
controller and a member server and set them up with
another workstation in order to do some testing before
adding the two new systems to a standalone workgroup.
Once added to the workgroup, the workgroup will be
upgraded to a domain. Would it be best if I rebuilt the
two systems with Server 2000, added them to the
workgroup, and then ran dcpromo or could I just add the
AD domain controller at the point it is at now and add
all the workstations to AD and let all the users start
logging on to the domain?

Thanks.

Re: workgroup upgrade
 

You cannot "add" a DC to a workgroup. Once you have built a DC you can join
the workstations to the new domain.

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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"scott" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What would be the recommended way to add a domain
> controller to a workgroup? I have built a domain
> controller and a member server and set them up with
> another workstation in order to do some testing before
> adding the two new systems to a standalone workgroup.
> Once added to the workgroup, the workgroup will be
> upgraded to a domain. Would it be best if I rebuilt the
> two systems with Server 2000, added them to the
> workgroup, and then ran dcpromo or could I just add the
> AD domain controller at the point it is at now and add
> all the workstations to AD and let all the users start
> logging on to the domain?
>
> Thanks.

Re: workgroup upgrade
 

Ok, would it be best to go that route or to add a member
server to a workgroup and then promote it to a DC?


>-----Original Message-----
>You cannot "add" a DC to a workgroup. Once you have
built a DC you can join
>the workstations to the new domain.
>
>--
>
>Thanks,
>Marc Reynolds
>Microsoft Technical Support
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>"scott" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:476401c3e416$c6214b30$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> What would be the recommended way to add a domain
>> controller to a workgroup? I have built a domain
>> controller and a member server and set them up with
>> another workstation in order to do some testing before
>> adding the two new systems to a standalone workgroup.
>> Once added to the workgroup, the workgroup will be
>> upgraded to a domain. Would it be best if I rebuilt
the
>> two systems with Server 2000, added them to the
>> workgroup, and then ran dcpromo or could I just add the
>> AD domain controller at the point it is at now and add
>> all the workstations to AD and let all the users start
>> logging on to the domain?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>
>.
>

Re: workgroup upgrade
 

I'm with Marc on this one. If you're going to go through
the effort of setting up a DC, you might as well set up
the basics of the domain (AD, DNS, DHCP, etc.) on this
machine and then add you workgroup machines to the domain
once the controller is up and running. You're going to
have to add the workgroups machines to the domain anyway,
even if you set up your DC as a 'member' server of the
workgroup and then promote it.

>-----Original Message-----
>Ok, would it be best to go that route or to add a member
>server to a workgroup and then promote it to a DC?
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You cannot "add" a DC to a workgroup. Once you have
>built a DC you can join
>>the workstations to the new domain.
>>
>>--
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Marc Reynolds
>>Microsoft Technical Support
>>
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>confers no rights.
>>
>>
>>"scott" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>message
>>news:476401c3e416$c6214b30$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>> What would be the recommended way to add a domain
>>> controller to a workgroup? I have built a domain
>>> controller and a member server and set them up with
>>> another workstation in order to do some testing before
>>> adding the two new systems to a standalone workgroup.
>>> Once added to the workgroup, the workgroup will be
>>> upgraded to a domain. Would it be best if I rebuilt
>the
>>> two systems with Server 2000, added them to the
>>> workgroup, and then ran dcpromo or could I just add
the
>>> AD domain controller at the point it is at now and add
>>> all the workstations to AD and let all the users start
>>> logging on to the domain?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>