MCITP 70-640: Upgrading Active Directory

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+Imran Shaik You are very welcome, our goal is to provide the best information in the clearest way possible, thanks for watching.

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There is a play list for the course. If you sign up for KZbin, KZbin will remember which videos you have watched in the playlist.

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@Maniello We are working on some more videos for the 70-640 course. They should be on the channel soon.

[@itfreetraining]

@christianrevival Your forest functional level will determine how high you can raise your domain functional level. If you lowest domain functional level is 2003 you will only be able to raise your forest functional level to 2003. Thus I guess in answer to your questions the domain functional level needs to be raised first.

[@steveperks7054]

Actually, sir, both can be raised from AD Domains and Trusts; it depends on where you right-click. If you right-click on the ADDT root, not the domain under it, you access the forest functional level. Right-clicking on the domain below the ADDT root in the snap-in, you access the domain functional level. Microsoft got tricky on us. Great videos by the way! Thanks for all the extra help!

[@itfreetraining]

There is a forest functionally level and a domain functional level.. The domain functional level effects only the domain and can be raised any time assuming you only have Domain Controllers present for that domain level. The forest function level can be raised only if all the domains in the forest have been raised to that function level.

[@itfreetraining]

Forest function levels are raised in Active Directory Domain and Trusts. Domain function levels are raised in Active Directory users and computers. In the GUI for both tools they both say raise domain functional level and refer to them as domain levels so it is a little bit confusing. Not sure why Microsoft naming them this way in the GUI and named them forest and domain functional level in their documentation. I would ignore what the Gui says at it will confuse you.

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@msmit1993 I have put two videos responses for this video. These cover how to configure the Windows Server 2008 side and how to configure the Windows 7 side.

[@itfreetraining]

It probably does not matter where you run ADPrep. Since it makes a lot of changes to Active Directory some people prefer to run it on the server with the Infrastructure Master role.

[@haole1958]

When you demonstrated how to open the AD management tool, you said, "Open Active Directory Domains from the Administrative Tools under the Start Menu, then right-click the domain then select 'raise forest-fuctional level' ". But you clicked on "Raise Domain Functional level " I didn't see a "Raise Forest Functional Level" option to click on. Don't mean to get nit-picky, but is there a Raise Forest Functional Level" link/option? Didn't see it in your demo (about 5:50 into the video).Thanks.

[@itfreetraining]

+Mark DLC Yes it is raising the forest level. The Microsoft tools say domain when it probably should say forest. When we update the video we will mention this as this is a common question and is very confusing. There is not forest functional level, the difference is which tool you use will determine if it is the domain or forest level.

[@robertkennard990]

No one has said anything about you saying "Raise Forest Level" when you were actually raising the Domain level at 5:59. It is what you said and what you were actually doing.

[@itfreetraining]

Yes it is raising the forest level. The Microsoft tools is wrong and states domain when it should say forest. When we update the video we will mention this as this is a common question and is very confusing.

[@zukini3]

Another thing that confused me - you first mention that "adprep /domainprep" should be run on the DC with Infrastructure Master Role (4:04) , but then you only make sure of that after running that command and before running "adprep /domainprep /gpprep" (9:20). Again - thanks!

[@gandalfm66]

great, as other tutorials ,and now a stupid question:Can you to highlight your videos in order, the best approach to learning MCITP 70-640.Thanks for the effort anyway

[@MatthewDawsonNZ]

Another great video! TY

[@itfreetraining]

Thanks very much.

[@Maniello]

hi, and thank a lot for your work! There are few people like you! i study for exam 70-640 and with your videos I was able to have a good basis for studies... you have planned in the short to end the collection 70-640?

[@zukini3]

First of all - thank you very much for these videos, they're all really helpful! Something confuses me: approx. between 5:40-6:10 it seems that you talk about raising the Forest Functional Level while right-clicking a domain and selecting Raise Domain Functional Level. Also, in the video about Domain Functional Levels you raise it through the AD Users and Computers tool while here you are using the AD Domains and Trusts tool. Are they, for this operation, the same in essence?

[@FastRedPonyCar]

We're wanting to add a windows server 2012 machine to our domain as a backup domain controller. When I tried to promote it to DC, it said that the current domain is at windows 2000 level and needs to be minimum 2003. Our current DC is exactly as you have here, server 2003 x86 OS with function level at 2000. Would running this ad prep/forest prep on our DC make it so the x64 2012 server will properly function as our backup? Also, would an NTbackup full system backup of the DC allow us to restore back to the original state of the server should anything with the DC promotion go haywire? Or would a bare metal, bit by bit clone of the OS's hdd be the only thing that could restore it back to the "like it never even happened" state? Thanks and your vids have been a tremendous help!

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At this stage no there is not, but thanks for offering.

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[@msmit1993]

I'm looking for a VPN tutorial, is this something you could do. Further keep op the good work and manny thanks for the other tutorials.

[@arantebw]

itfreetraining, thank you!

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+Billy Wilson Arante You're welcome, thanks for watching.

[@zukini3]

Oh, okay. Ignore I will. Thanks again!