Adding W2K3 R2 x64 DC to Existing W2K3 R2 x32 domain

Apologies if this question has been answered previously - I have just bought
a Proliant DL380 G5 and want to install Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit OS,
join the existing domain, which has a 32-bit DC running R2. Then I want to
dcpromo the new server.
Are there any gotchas I should be aware of? Will x64 & x32 DC's co-exist
happily? I've seen some comments elsewhere about needing to run adprep from
CD2, but is that only if you have an existing non-R2 DC?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Charlie
Fri Aug 25 09:25:32 CDT 2006

They can happily co-exist. You would only have to do an adprep if you
weren't already at the R2 level, and you are.

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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64


Dave Allerton wrote:
> Apologies if this question has been answered previously - I have just
> bought a Proliant DL380 G5 and want to install Windows Server 2003 R2
> 64-bit OS, join the existing domain, which has a 32-bit DC running R2.
> Then I want to dcpromo the new server.
> Are there any gotchas I should be aware of? Will x64 & x32 DC's co-exist
> happily? I've seen some comments elsewhere about needing to run adprep
> from CD2, but is that only if you have an existing non-R2 DC?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.