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window 2000 server domain controller and windows 2000 server member server in domain.
The server which is domain controller only that server has AD installed on it others are just member servers which does not have AD on them but has only windows 2003 OS.So you can make changes in ad related servers or DCs only. You can install AD on member server that is the only thing you can do on member server related with Ad
in Active Directory server roles, computers that function as servers within a domain can have one of two roles: member server or domain controller. A member server is a computer that runs an operating system in the Windows 2000 Server family or the Windows Server 2003 family, belongs to a domain, and is not a domain controller. Member servers typically function as the following types of servers: file servers, application servers, database servers, Web servers, certificate servers, firewalls and remote-access servers.
Member servers are computers that act as servers within a domain. It is a computer that runs in the operating system of the windows 2000 server family. Member server is in a domain but is not a domain controller. It can work as file server, application server, web server etc. Some of the key functions of member server are email management, faxing, file storage, web services etc.
A simple 2003 installed server in domain is known as the Member server. When we install AD on it then It becomes Domain Controller.
In network first server has been install is call domain controller server.. If you wan t to check server is domain controller or, backup domain controller. you can check Run -> cmd -> net accounts If computer role will show PRIMARY it means your domain is PRIYMARY domain controller, if it will be show BACKUP, means you can assume my domain installed in my network is ADC (Additional Domain Controller) Hope you will get benefit.. Regards, Ranjeet karak New Delhi
a domain controller (DCO) is a server that responds to security authentication requests (logging in, checking permissions, etc.) within the Windows Server domain
In network first server has been install is call domain controller server.. If you wan t to check server is domain controller or, backup domain controller. you can check Run -> cmd -> net accounts If computer role will show PRIMARY it means your domain is PRIYMARY domain controller, if it will be show BACKUP, means you can assume my domain installed in my network is ADC (Additional Domain Controller) Hope you will get benefit.. Regards, Ranjeet karak New Delhi
domain controller DC a domain controller (DC) is a server that responds to security authentication requests (logging in, checking permissions, etc.) within the Windows Server domain.
No, you do not. You only install Active Directory if the system is going to be a domain controller. If it is a member server or a standalone server Active Directory should not be installed.
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dcpromo is the wizard tat can b used 2 promote a server 2 the role of a domain controller