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Raising the Functional Level to a Windows Server 2003 Forest
Updated: February 28, 2009
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to raise the forest functional level to Windows Server 2008.
Example
The following example demonstrates how to raise the forest functional level of a Windows Server 2003 forest to Windows Server 2008:
Set-ADForestMode -Identity fabrikam.com -ForestMode Windows2008Forest
or
Set-ADForestMode -Identity fabrikam.com -ForestMode Windows2008R2Forest
Additional information
You can use the following parameters when you set many of the common values that are associated with raising the forest functional level in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS):
- -Windows2003InterimForest
- -Windows2003Forest
- -Windows2008Forest
- -Windows2008R2Forest
For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Set-ADForestMode, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Set-ADForestMode –detailed, and then press ENTER.
