Good morning all. I'm looking for the brains out there.

Can I have MS Windows SBS 2003 (Standard or Premium Ed) as
a backup domain controller for MS Windows SBS 2000, so
that when our Primary Domain Controller (SBS 2000) fails
or is turned off, SBS 2003 will take over and allow users
to at least logon and access client data? And maybe even
access the Internet, access their email via SMTP and POP3
(via Exchange Server & MS Outlook)?

I have looked in many parts of the MS website for this
info, but to no avail... as expected. Can you help?

All help is very appreciated.
Thanks.

Re: Backup Domain Controller by Susan

Susan
Mon Aug 16 22:13:29 CDT 2004

No. But you can have a Windows 2000 [or 2k3 I believe] as a backup, you
just can't have two SBS boxes like this.

SBS 2k and the PDC - Win2k as the backup. SBS2k must be the only SBS in
the domain.

Todd Hayden wrote:
> Good morning all. I'm looking for the brains out there.
>
> Can I have MS Windows SBS 2003 (Standard or Premium Ed) as
> a backup domain controller for MS Windows SBS 2000, so
> that when our Primary Domain Controller (SBS 2000) fails
> or is turned off, SBS 2003 will take over and allow users
> to at least logon and access client data? And maybe even
> access the Internet, access their email via SMTP and POP3
> (via Exchange Server & MS Outlook)?
>
> I have looked in many parts of the MS website for this
> info, but to no avail... as expected. Can you help?
>
> All help is very appreciated.
> Thanks.

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Re: Backup Domain Controller by Marina

Marina
Tue Aug 17 04:01:07 CDT 2004

And to add to that just a little bit more:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/overview/generalfaq.mspx


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"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
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> No. But you can have a Windows 2000 [or 2k3 I believe] as a backup, you
> just can't have two SBS boxes like this.
>
> SBS 2k and the PDC - Win2k as the backup. SBS2k must be the only SBS in
> the domain.
>
> Todd Hayden wrote:
> > Good morning all. I'm looking for the brains out there.
> >
> > Can I have MS Windows SBS 2003 (Standard or Premium Ed) as
> > a backup domain controller for MS Windows SBS 2000, so
> > that when our Primary Domain Controller (SBS 2000) fails
> > or is turned off, SBS 2003 will take over and allow users
> > to at least logon and access client data? And maybe even
> > access the Internet, access their email via SMTP and POP3
> > (via Exchange Server & MS Outlook)?
> >
> > I have looked in many parts of the MS website for this
> > info, but to no avail... as expected. Can you help?
> >
> > All help is very appreciated.
> > Thanks.
>
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>