mkirros
IS-IT--Management
- Feb 17, 2004
- 82
Our nonprofit has a Server 2003 based network running AD, with about 50 workstations running WinXP. We'll finally be adding Win7 workstations, so I need to upgade one of the servers so I can administer Group Policy on the new workstations. Our servers are all 32-bit, so they won't run Server 2012 or Server 2008R2, but my undertanding is that there's a 32-bit version of Server 2008. We can afford a new server license, but not a new server.
I have the following questions:
If I get a license for Server 2012, can I then install Server 2008 instead?
Will Server 2003 and Server 2008 machines coexist happily on the same network?
Will I be able to administer Group Policy on the remaining XP workstations from Server 2008, or would that have to be done from Server 2003?
If anyone knows of a good, concise resource on the differences in Group Policy between Server 2008 and Server 2003, that would be greatly appreciated.
I have the following questions:
If I get a license for Server 2012, can I then install Server 2008 instead?
Will Server 2003 and Server 2008 machines coexist happily on the same network?
Will I be able to administer Group Policy on the remaining XP workstations from Server 2008, or would that have to be done from Server 2003?
If anyone knows of a good, concise resource on the differences in Group Policy between Server 2008 and Server 2003, that would be greatly appreciated.