You do not run DCPROMO on your Exchange server, you should already have an Active Directory infrastructure in place. When you install Exchange it will check to make sure the ForestPrep and DomainPrep have been run, if they have not then it will do them for you, you will need to have Schema Admin and Enterprise Admin rights. Mark Fugatt Dedicated Supportability Engineer (Exchange) Microsoft Limited Desk: +44 (0)118 909 5630 Mobile: +44 (0)7966 858108 MSN IM: markfu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/mfugatt Dedicated to proactively supporting Microsoft's enterprise Customers If you have any feedback about my work, please let either myself or my manager Andy Gitsham know at andygi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or telephone +44 118 909 3233 -----Original Message----- From: M.Faisal Ilyas Siddiqui [mailto:mfaisal_i@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 06 March 2006 08:45 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Installing MS Exchange 2003 http://www.MSExchange.org/ i am installing ms exchange 2003 in my organization and the questions are as follows 1- after installing MS Server 2003, do i really have to run dcpromo and make it a child domain, or ms exchange dosnt necessarily not require to run dcpromo and make it child domain. 2- On which server i will run /forestprep and /domainprep command. answer me as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: markfu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx org