Finding Additional Information About Upgrading Active Directory Domains

You can find the following documentation about Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) on the Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 TechCenter Web sites:

• For more information about advanced AD DS features that are related to AD DS functional levels, see Enabling Advanced Features for AD DS.
  
  
• For a worksheet to assist you in documenting your domain controller information, see Job Aids for Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=102558). Download Job_Aids_Planning_Testing_and_Piloting_Deployment_Projects.zip and open DSSUPWN_2.doc.
  
  
• For more information about deploying Distributed File System (DFS), see Designing and Deploying File Servers (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=27928).
  
  
• For more information about configuring optional registry parameters for the Boot Information Negotiation Layer (BINL) service, see article 235979 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=106488).
  
  
• For more information about Windows 2000 administration tools and upgrade issues, see article 304718 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=106490).
  
  
• For more information about read-only domain controllers (RODCs), see Read-Only Domain Controller Planning and Deployment Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135993).
  
  
• For more information about Windows Services for UNIX 2.0 application compatibility issues and the hotfix installation file, see article 293783 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=106317).
  
  
• For information about installing AD DS by using a command line or an answer file, see Installing a New Forest (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=101704).
  
  
• For more information, see Effects of netlogon cryptographic support changes in Windows Server 2008 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=164558).
  
  
• For more information, see Compact the directory database file (offline defragmentation) (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=106343).
  
  
• For more information about backing up AD DS, see the AD DS Backup and Recovery Step-by-Step Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=93077).
  
  
• For more information about DNS, see Deploying Domain Name System (DNS) (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=93656).
  
  
• For more information about creating an organizational unit (OU) design, see Designing the Logical Structure for Windows Server 2008 AD DS.
  
  
• For more information about an Access Denied error when you try to access encrypted files remotely after you upgrade a Windows Server 2003 file server to Windows Server 2008, see article 948690 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=186133) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.