Documenting Plans for New and Upgraded Domains

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

List your proposed regions and then indicate whether the domain that you create for that region will be a new domain or a MUD that you upgrade. If the new domain is to be the result of an upgrade, record the name of the MUD that will be upgraded and the contact information for the current MUD owner.

For a worksheet to assist you in documenting your plans for new and upgraded domains, see "Domain Planning" (DSSLOGI_5.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Domain Planning" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit). You can use the same worksheet to document your domain name choices and forest root domain information later in the design process.

Example: Documenting Plans for New and Upgraded Domains

Contoso Corporation has 60,000 users located throughout facilities all over the world. Based on how the offices are connected to the network, they divided their organization into three regions: North America, South America, and Europe. Their current deployment has four MUDs, one in North America, one in South America, and two in Europe. The design team decided to upgrade the North and South American MUDs to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory domains, and to create a new Active Directory domain in Europe and migrate the users from the two European MUDs into the new domain.

Figure 2.18 shows the documentation that the Contoso Corporation design team created to document their plans for new and upgraded domains.

Figure 2.18   Example of a Domain Planning Worksheet That Includes Upgrade and Migration Plans