did you hear "Briscobar" <> say in
news::
>> That's is true. However, notice how I said: MEMBER server (which is
>> a secondary or backup domain controller), and a desktop with a server
>> OS running on it (which as you said is a server). Those are totally
>> 2 different
>> things. One is with AD and the other isn't. Am I right 
>
> Not exactly. Are you still stuck in the NT4 days? Because there are no
> PDCs and BDCs anymore. There are PDC emulators, but that's only for
> the folks still running NT. A server that's had dcpromo run on it, and
> hence has AD, is a Domain Controller. Plain old DC. Not a BDC or PDC.
> A Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 machine that has not been
> promoted to a DC does not have AD installed. It is just a member
> server. It's a member of the AD domain, but it's not doing anything
> with AD (unless it's something like an Exchange Server, which uses AD,
> but doesn't necessarily have AD installed).
I'm not going to get into a FSMO debate nor am I going to discuss the
appropriateness of the installation points DC functionality of lack there
of. I am going to point out that a MEMEBER server is, was and likely
always will be Windows server that has no domain controller functionality
but is a member of the domain.
1 point for Kenny..kinda
And the only diff between a real server running Windows AD/Server and a
destop PC running Windows AD/server is one uses crappy hardware and the
other is a desktop PC. I can make the desktop PC run AD just like any
other pizza box.
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The InterNeil MCNGP Triple X
PotD 10/23/2006
- Blessed is the end-user who expects nothing, for he shall not be
dissapointed.