This reminds me. Does anyone know of a class out there that would help me better understand a lot of this stuff. I don't use AD for even a part of its potential; right now I use it like I used my old NT domains. I would love to learn more about AD and to learn about DFS and other cool features like that. If you know of a good class I should take let me know. Gunnar _____ From: Dan Hutchison [mailto:hutchison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:23 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] AD / DNS Structure Question I've got a question for all of the "seasoned" admins out there. I'm restructuring the network at my company, taking it from 4 separate W2K servers, to one AD system. I'm sure I know the answer to this, but I want to run it past other people anyway for opinions. My big question - can I do the following? I have 4 locations, CMC, SCR, TLC, and CCH. What I want structurally is Company.com as a root (obviously this will be a real name) Then under it as domains for each site cmc.company.com tlc.company.com cch.company.com scr.company.com The issue is - the cmc.company.com site holds the root server. Can I set it up as cmc.companyname.com, and have the other domains as listed, or does the root domain have to be company.com, leaving me with tlc.company.com, cch.company.com, and scr.company.com? Any advice would be appreciated. Dan Hutchison IT Administrator Quality Life Services Hutchison.keepoutspam at qualitylifeservices.com ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________