DHCP location

[DTracy]

I have upgraded our domain controllers from 2003 to 2012. The DHCP used to be on the 2003 primary domain controller and as I would like to remove all the old 2003 domain controllers from the lan, I would therefore need to move the DHCP.

Does the DHCP have to be located on a domain controller?

Thanks,
David.

 

[itsp1965]

The short answer 'no'. The long of it, typically you shouldn't install any services other than AD related on a server dedicated to being a domain controller. With that being said, DHCP is not a very resource intensive service and therefore doesn't necessarily need its own server (unless you are a huge environment that also may need redundant DHCP services). I have my DHCP services running on a VM and is serving hundreds of client machines quite well.

 

[DTracy]

Thanks for the reply itsp1965, could I just leave it where it is for the time being and just demote the 2003 domain controller back to a member server? Then later move it to a 2012 server when there is more money.

Dave.