Upgrading then Restructuring
The third migration path to examine is the upgrade-then-restructure path, or the intraforest migration. Recall from earlier in this chapter that the upgrade-then-restructure approach first involves an upgrade of the down-level domain controllers to Windows Server 2003 (which preserves the original domain hierarchy), followed by a domain restructuring where directory services objects are migrated from the upgraded source domains to the target domain (or domains). Having read the sections of this chapter on domain upgrades and domain restructuring, you already are familiar with the tasks necessary to complete an upgrade-then-restructure migration to Active Directory. Due to Windows Server 2003 security requirements, ...
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