Adding a 2003 Server to NT domain

We have an existing NT domain, and I'd like to add a 2003
server to the network for testing. It needs to
authenticate existing domain users. I was warned that
adding the new box to the domain would result in the new
one trying to upgrade existing DC's to 2k3... This would
be very bad for our existing network.
It would seem to me that as long as the new box didn't
have the role of DC, that it would work fine as a domain
member. Am I missing something?

You can add a 2003 system to a NT/2000 domain with no problem, if it's not a
DC.

"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:07af01c3c573$2a6fd970$(E-Mail Removed)...
> We have an existing NT domain, and I'd like to add a 2003
> server to the network for testing. It needs to
> authenticate existing domain users. I was warned that
> adding the new box to the domain would result in the new
> one trying to upgrade existing DC's to 2k3... This would
> be very bad for our existing network.
> It would seem to me that as long as the new box didn't
> have the role of DC, that it would work fine as a domain
> member. Am I missing something?

Should work just fine.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"David" wrote:
| We have an existing NT domain, and I'd like to add a 2003
| server to the network for testing. It needs to
| authenticate existing domain users. I was warned that
| adding the new box to the domain would result in the new
| one trying to upgrade existing DC's to 2k3... This would
| be very bad for our existing network.
| It would seem to me that as long as the new box didn't
| have the role of DC, that it would work fine as a domain
| member. Am I missing something?

Thank you both =)