SBS to Win2k AD forest

Greetings,

I wonder if anyone has a definitive answer to the
following question. Perhaps it is daft, but I cannot find
an answer anywhere.

Does SBS 2k3 have the ability to connect to a full 2k AD
Forest domain?

The scenario I am attempting to address is to put a
SBS2k3 server into a satellite branch connected via VPN
to our forest root domain at HQ.

Has anyone tried this? Are there issues?

Thanks.

Craig

Henry
Thu Nov 27 17:27:02 CST 2003

You cannot join SBS to an existing Domain ( except for SBS2003 as a part
of a migration scenario with a 14 day grace period )

Amongst the limitations of SBS are:

Single Domain.
SBS must be Root of Forest.
SBS must hold all FSMO rolls.
No Trusts.

This doesn't preclude you from establishing VPN Connections ( and you can
do Pass Through Authentication ) but how and what you set-up depends upon
exactly what you need.

--
Henry Craven.

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"Craig" <hose_h@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> I wonder if anyone has a definitive answer to the
> following question. Perhaps it is daft, but I cannot find
> an answer anywhere.
>
> Does SBS 2k3 have the ability to connect to a full 2k AD
> Forest domain?
>
> The scenario I am attempting to address is to put a
> SBS2k3 server into a satellite branch connected via VPN
> to our forest root domain at HQ.
>
> Has anyone tried this? Are there issues?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Craig
>
>
>
>