Windows 2003 SP2 and Windows 2003 R2

[Vin00701]

Hi
1. Please could someone tell me if there would be any issues having a mixture of windows 2003 SP2 and R2, when using DFS?

2. Also would there be any issues using a mixture of Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 as DC's
Thanks Vin

 

[58sniper]

The R2 version of DFS is MUCH more efficient than the one that ships with the RTM version of Windows Server 2003. It saves a LOT of bandwidth.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP
Contributing author Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: The Complete Reference

 

[michealallen]

Hi,

From my experience, mixture of 2 type of OSs with DC's is not a good choice. I got the problem with 2000 and 2003. Kerboros are slidly different for some reason. Cause trouble later. Doing domain trusting will have error.

Regards,

MA

 

[Davetoo]

I ran mixed environment 2000/2003 with trusts and never saw any issues.

That said, for DFS, R2 is the way to go.

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[theravager]

DFS prior to R2 is really ugly and is to be avoided if you are moving a large amount of data around or some files are large. It breaks, a lot....

R2 DFS-R rocks and can be pretty much used for just about anything you want to use it for.