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Windows Server 2008 R2: Appendix of Changes to Adprep.exe to Support AD DS

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Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

This appendix describes the changes that Adprep.exe makes in Windows Server 2008 R2:

Windows Server 2008 R2: Forest-Wide Updates

Windows Server 2008 R2: Domain-Wide Updates

Windows Server 2008 R2: Read-Only Domain Controller Updates

Windows Server 2008 R2: Schema Updates

For more information about the changes that Adprep.exe makes in Windows Server 2008, see Windows Server 2008: Appendix of Changes to Adprep.exe to Support AD DS.

For more information about the changes to Adprep in Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2, see article 309628 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=95287).

Organizations should review and understand the schema updates and other changes that are made by Adprep as part of the schema management process in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). For more information about how AD DS schema updates are handled by the Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) department, see Structured Active Directory Schema Management at Microsoft (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137268).