Integrating Windows Server 2003 into Existing Domains
If you plan to install Windows Server 2003 servers configured as domain controllers into an existing
When you convert from Windows 2000 mixed or Windows Server 2003 interim functional level to the Windows 2000 native or Windows Server 2003 functional level, keep in mind the following:
Support for pre-Windows 2000 replication ceases. Because preWindows 2000 replication is gone, you can no longer have any domain controllers in your
domain that are not running Windows 2000 Server or later.
You can no longer add new pre-Windows 2000 domain controllers to the domain.
The server that served as the primary domain controller during
The change in domain functional level is one-way only; you cannot change from the Windows 2000 native or Windows Server 2003 functional level to the Windows 2000 mixed or Windows Server 2003 interim functional level.
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