RE: Lab creation question...
- From: "Mulnick, Al" <Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:55:27 -0500
I agree he's a bright guy and in most cases I'd agree with the steps listed.
I will say that many of the Microsoft folks would likely use those same
steps in many cases if faced with that requirement.
However, that same concept won't completely cover an empty root domain. It
has some risks that you may not need or want to take and there may be other
ways that fit your needs a little better.
One thing that's implied in Brian's steps is an isolated network. That's
important as is DNS on the domain controller (what good is a directory
without a directory to find itself in, right?)
Knowing what you need in a test environment is much more helpful than what
was posted originally and you can find that document at
http://www.microsoft.com/ad <http://www.microsoft.com/ad> .
I don't remember if it has the steps to creating a test environment either,
but it's possible you don't need nor want to use production data in your
test lab.
Al
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From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:32 PM
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Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Lab creation question...
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Brian Desmond is an Active Directory MVP and a really bright guy. You can
trust his blog.
I agree with the steps he has listed.
I think the steps are documented in the Active Directory Operations Guide
(but I haven't checked). It's available for download from microsoft.com.
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From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:27 PM
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Subject: [exchangelist] Lab creation question...
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All,
I have been searching for the past 3 hours and can not find much on
building a test lab from a production 2003 AD environment. I have located
the following link:
http://briandesmond.com/blog/archive/2003/11/25/251.aspx
<http://briandesmond.com/blog/archive/2003/11/25/251.aspx>
In NT4 I could just build a BDC and promote it to PDC off the wire and go
from there... I can not believe that Microsoft doesn't have a post
regarding best practices for doing this with an AD environment.
I do not expect someone to tell me how to do this - just looking for
references on the web that can support the steps listed in the site I have
provided.
Regards,
Chris
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