Domain Controller at new branch office advice 1

[BHX90]

We are opening a new branch office and it will be connected to our head office by a point to point VPN.

I'm planning to have a DC (with DHCP, DNS & WINS) at the new office and I was wondering what the best way of setting it up would be.

Am I best to configure the DC at the Head Office site and take it to the Branch Office, change the IP and configure the site in AD?

Or configure the DC at the Branch Office?

Is there a better way I'm not aware of and are there any pitfalls I should watch out for.

I'll be using Windows 2003 Std R2 and there will be about 20 users at the Branch Office

Thanks

 

[pagy]

Set it up at the branch office and use install from media to promote it to a DC;

http://www.petri.co.il/install_dc_from_media_in_windows_server_2003.htm

Create your site and subnet and move the new DC into the site for the branch office

Paul
MCSE


"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein

 

[beatdown]

I just did this recently. I set it up at the main office, then changed the IP info, then shipped it to the branch office, and made the necessary chages to AD Sites & Services.

Once they recieved it, they just plugged it in, and everything worked like a charm.