Decomission a Windows 2003 or 2008 Domain Controller

Stefan Dingemanse
Date : January 12, 2015
Categories : Active Directory
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To decomission an Active Directory Domain Controller (Windows Server 2003/2008) is a fairly straight forward task as long as you make sure nothing is relying on that server.

What to check before decomissioning your DC

The most important thing to check before you are decomissioning your DC are the following components that are either running or registrered against the system:

Global Catalog
FSMO Roles
Bridgehead server
General server health
Enterprise admin credentials

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