Pierre, setting the W2k3 domain in native mode means that you cannot  
  
have NT4 BDCs, but doesn't affect your ability to access resources in  
  
the NT4 domain or NT4 servers.  
  
Hope that helps.  
  
Luck  
  
Emilio Raggi

Pierre, setting the W2k3 domain in native mode means that you cannot  
  
have NT4 BDCs, but doesn't affect your ability to access resources in  
  
the NT4 domain or NT4 servers.  
  
Hope that helps.  
  
Luck  
  
Emilio Raggi

Greetings all!  
  
I am currently working on our NT4 Domain to W2K3 AD Domain migration  
  
project and will be using ADMT3. I have all the necessary things set up  
  
such as trust relationships (2-way), etc. I am now trying to do a trial  
  
migration of one of our NT4 global groups using the Group Account  
  
Migration Wizard. However after selecting the Domains and servers I get  
  
the following message:  
  
THE TARGET DOMAIN IS NOT NATIVE MODE.  
  
Does that mean that I must set my W2K3 AD domain to native mode?  
  
Once I set the W2k3 AD domain to native mode would I still be able to  
  
access my NT4 Domain server via the current 2-way trust relationship?  
  
What should I set the Domain Funtional Level to? Windows 2000 native or  
  
Windows Server 2003?  
  
Would a migrated user still be able to access both his/her data on the  
  
NT4 Domain server and W2K3 AD server?  
  
I understand that member servers still in the NT4 domain would not be  
  
able to be accessed via the W2K3 AD domain running in native mode?  
  
I would appreciate comments re above. In future I shall be posting more  
  
queries as I continue working on the migration project!  
  
Thanks  
  
Pierre  
  
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Hello Pierre,  
  
Thank you for using newsgroup!  
  
First of all, I'd like to thanks Emilio for his kindly notifications.  
  
Actually, if you have set Windows 2003 domain with native mode, you cannot  
  
have Windows NT 4 BDCs existing. However, it will not affect that you can  
  
access the resources in Windows NT4 domain or Windows NT4 servers.  
  
As far as I know, in Windows Server 2003, the functional level of a domain  
  
or forest defines the set of advanced Windows Server 2003 Active Directory  
  
features that are available in that domain or forest. The functional level  
  
of a domain or forest also defines the set of Windows operating systems  
  
that can run on the domain controllers in that domain or forest.  
  
For more information about Windows Server 2003 Domain Functional Levels,  
  
please refer to the following article that should be helpful:  
  
Functional Levels Background Information  
  
<http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/4a589ca2-b572-48cd-9  
  
4d2-7d5b0c817f411033.mspx>  
  
Hope that helps!  
  
Thanks & Regards,  
  
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Greetings all!  
  
project and will be using ADMT3. I have all the necessary things set up  
  
such as trust relationships (2-way), etc. I am now trying to do a trial  
  
migration of one of our NT4 global groups using the Group Account  
  
Migration Wizard. However after selecting the Domains and servers I get  
  
the following message:  
  
Does that mean that I must set my W2K3 AD domain to native mode?  
  
access my NT4 Domain server via the current 2-way trust relationship?  
  
Windows Server 2003?  
  
NT4 Domain server and W2K3 AD server?  
  
able to be accessed via the W2K3 AD domain running in native mode?  
  
queries as I continue working on the migration project!  
  
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