Raising the Functional Level to a Windows Server 2003 Domain

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to raise the domain functional level to Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 interim.

Example 1

The following example demonstrates how to raise the domain functional level of the Fabrikam.com domain to Windows Server 2003:

Set-ADDomainMode -Identity fabrikam.com -DomainMode Windows2003Domain

Example 2

The following example demonstrates how to raise the domain functional level of the Fabrikam.com domain to Windows Server 2003 interim:

Set-ADDomainMode -Identity fabrikam.com -DomainMode Windows2003InterimDomain

Additional information

You can use the following parameters when you set many of the common values that are associated with raising the domain functional level in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS):

  • -Windows2000

  • -Windows2003InterimDomain

  • -Windows2003Domain

  • -Windows2008Domain

  • -Windows2008R2Domain

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Set-ADDomainMode, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Set-ADDomainMode –detailed, and then press ENTER.