Windows Server 2003 Security: A Technical Reference

Difference in Managing Windows 2000 GPOs

GPMC may be used to manage four different Windows 2000 scenarios:

• A Windows 2000 domain

• A Windows 2000 domain in a forest that has been upgraded to the Windows Server 2003 schema but that has no Windows Server 2003 domain controllers

• A Windows 2000 functional domain with at least one Windows Server 2003 domain controller

• A Windows Server 2003 functional domain

The following list summarizes areas where GPMC management of GPOs is different for Windows 2000 GPOs:

• The Group Policy Modeling node is not shown, and modeling cannot be done unless the Windows Server 2003 schema for Active Directory is available to the Windows 2000 DC. It is also necessary to have at least one Windows Server 2003 domain controller ...