how to Create RODC in windows server 2003

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prishanr Posted: 05-31-2008 1:28 PM

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Hi ,

Can any one Explain Create a RODC (Read Only Domain  Contoller ) in windows server 2003 .

I already have windows server 2008 with 2003 Funtinal Level

Best Regads,

Prishan Rajiv Perera 

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N I L H A N replied on 05-31-2008 9:23 PM

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Hi,

RODC is a feature introduced with Windows Server 2008 OS, so you cannot have a Windows Server 2003 RODC. But you can have any numer of windows 2008 RODCs in a windows 2003 functional domain/forest. Nevertheless, it's not required to raise the functional level to server 2008, just because you want have an RODC.

Basically, there are two steps in creating an RODC in such a scenario.

1. Run adprep /rodcprep command.
   
2. Use the ADDS setup wizard to to install the RODC.

Follow this article for more details...

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/8294cfa1-c828-4bba-82b2-e825e2f5a2401033.mspx?mfr=true

Nilhan.