Best Practice - Which OS to host the Active Directory Server on?
I am inheriting a bundle of VMs from another company, and I need to build an AD server configuration. Thing is, this AD box needs to support ALL "supported flavors" of the Windows OS family (the ones...
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I run 2012, I haven't had any problems with it.
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If you have the choice, I would go with 12. The higher the domain functional level, the more features you have available for...
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Bear in mind 2008 and 2008r2 are out of mainstream support. If you install new 08 servers then you are already having to plan to replace them. 2012r2 gives you several more years of breathing room.
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2012. You will be able to miss the great migration off of 2008 when the time comes.
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By "supported flavors" do you mean actively supported by MS?Just migrated my DC's from 03 to 2012R2 supporting the 03 servers and vista up to 8.1 clients
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It doesn't matter what version of Windows Server you run Active Directory on, any "flavor" of Windows will be able to join it. You just get more features running the newest servers.With that, go with...
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There are additional features available if you upgrade your functionality levels beyond 2003 such as the AD recycle bin.
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2012r2. Why start with 2008 knowing you're going to have to upgrade in the near future.
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2012 R2 without any issues here. I'd roll with the latest and greatest since you won't see an end of life date for awhile.
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Dear Brain, For best understand please review this.http://blogs.technet.com/b/ieitpro/archive/2013/01/29/hyper-v-comparison-windows-server-2008-r2-vs-w... Opens a new windowthanks
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Thanks everyone! My big concern was to find out if anyone had 2012 AD server nightmares, which it appears that no one has had any major gotchas. (Yay!) I really didn't want to run TWO different...
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