From: Kerry Brown on

"Ken Sheppard" <ksheppard31(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm running SBS 2003 Premium (not R2). I have a need to install a new
> Windows 2008 R2 server and would like to know if this 2008 R2 server can
> also be joined to the SBS 2003 server as an additional AD server for
> replication purposes. I know that I would need to extend the SBS AD. I
> have found a Microsoft KB that describes how to do this with Windows 2008
> server but it doesn't mention the R2 version of 2008.
>
> I totally understand that I would also need to purchase the necessary
> additional licenses and this may be somewhat non-standard. I don't really
> care about that part...I simply want to know if it'll work.
>
> Thanks for any advice or input.
>

The only gotcha is you have to run adprep32 not adprep which is 64 bit on
Server 2008 R2.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
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