Arthus, technical speaking, this is an upgrade, not a promotion (which generally refers to making a standalone server a domain controller). Microsoft's site is your best bet for starting your research. Here are a couple of starting points: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;winsvr2003 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=325379 Greg Lara ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- This e-mail message may contain privileged, confidential and/or proprietary information intended only for the person(s) named. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, and any attachments, and notify the sender by return e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, disclosure or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Lim, Arthus T. [mailto:alim@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:34 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Promoting Windows 2000 to 2003 http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi! I'm running exchange 2003 in windows 2000. Can you give me some helpful sites on how to promote this to windows 2003? Thank you.