adding Windows Server 2016 server to Windows 2008r2 domain

[e4e]

Evening all

 

Just wondering if any of you have added a server 2016 to a windows server 2008r2 domain? We are just about to purchase a new server, to replace one of our existing servers server 2008 (not r2), but plan on keeping the 2008r2 sever, but this unfortunately has an older version of exchange 2010 on (which is no longer used but is still in place and is going to be removed when we replace the server 2008r2 box).

 

I am just wondering what peoples experiences are of this if any of you have already tried this.

[Sagima]

You can do that. The only thing your domain level stops you from doing is introducing DCs with earlier version of windows. (and that takes about 30 seconds to fix) Edited January 10, 2017 by Sagima

[computer_expert]

If the server 2016 box is going to be a DC, you'll need to make sure that yout are using DFS SYSVOL replication rather than FRS (server 2003 era) as the FRS stuff has been removed from 2016.

[e4e]

We have a server 2008 on the network. Which this one will be replaceing. The original network was running on server 2008 and the ad made with 2008. then the r2 server added.

 

How do we check if we are running DFS SYSVOL? I have set up a test environment and run into issues with group policy where if I created or edited one on the 2016 server it would not replicate through and give an error. But if you created it on the 2008r2 server it would work correctly. It was an internet explorer policy which was giving the error

[Chuckster]

Here's an in-depth article on DFS SYSVOL Replication: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2008/02/08/sysvol-migration-series-part-1-introduction-to-the-sysvol-migration-process/

 

A cut down version of it which is more palatable and easier to follow: Step-by-Step Guide for upgrading SYSVOL replication to DFSR (Distributed File System Replication) - RebelAdmin

[e4e]

Here's an in-depth article on DFS SYSVOL Replication: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2008/02/08/sysvol-migration-series-part-1-introduction-to-the-sysvol-migration-process/

 

A cut down version of it which is more palatable and easier to follow: Step-by-Step Guide for upgrading SYSVOL replication to DFSR (Distributed File System Replication) - RebelAdmin

 

Thank you. I will have a look at my test environment. I am sure that the one which I will be doing the live work on has never had a windows server 2003 on at all. but you never know what might have been lurking in the past!