Understanding Domains and Forests

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Understanding Domains and Forests

This section covers:

• Domain controllers

• Renaming domain controllers

• Connecting to domain controllers running Windows 2000

• Domains

• Renaming domains

• Domain and forest functionality

• Raising domain and forest functional levels

• Application directory partitions

• Application directory partitions and domain controller demotion

• Managing application directory partitions

• Operations master roles

• Transferring operations master roles

• Responding to operations master failures