We are a hospital, they are a clinic. They may be spinning off for billing/tax/writeoff purposes. As such the rules change as far as ownership of licences, hardware, lots of stuff. The employees & computers would probably need to fall under different OU's, Policies, GPO's and such. I may be wrong, but on a spin off, we would no longer be their "employer". We would support them "network-wise" and provide the mail hosting, perform server administration, backups etc. They would be responsible only for their PC's. We would of course charge a fee for this service.... I'm trying to figure out if they can simply be in a different OU.. I do know they would need their own Address book, but that's certainly doable. _____ From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:44 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: simple(?) question http://www.MSExchange.org/ Why do you need to bother installing a second domain? What are the requirements of the new spin-off? _____ From: Stelley, Douglas [mailto:dstelley@xxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:26 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] simple(?) question http://www.MSExchange.org/ This may not fall strictly within this newsgroup, but I bet some of you know the answer. We are a small company, 1200 users, Win 2000 Domain, 1PDC 3BDC's 1 Exchange Server (2K sp3), 35 servers total.2 administrators (me & another guy do all head cook and bottle washer administration for the domain) Scenario: We may have to spin off a part of the company, yet they would still fall under us. Is it possible to create a sub domain, with its own PDC. This Domain would have would have its own PDC, but not BDC's (I have no servers to spare). I would need to have the child domain utilize WINS & DNS from the parent domain (they would stay within the IP network), also Exchange would have to be able to service this child domain. (I have licenses to Install another Exchange 2003, but it would have to reside on the PDC). I'm probably forgeting something here, but I think you get the picture. Is it possible? I don't have any SBS' Licenses... -Doug ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message may be legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any release, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please notify the author immediately by replying to this message and deleting the original message. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message may be legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any release, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please notify the author immediately by replying to this message and deleting the original message. Thank you.