Two Essentials, one Domain Controller, one Member Server....

Hi
is possible to install 2 Essentials Server : one as a Domain controller and one as a member server of the same domain?
If it's not possible, the second Essentials could be at least in Workgroup environment?
thank you

Oh, I have no clue on demoting. I am fairly certain that would be bad karma. I got lost when they stopped calling them Backup Domain Controllers. I cant see the forest for the trees.
I don't understand backup DC on a small local lan anyway. I mean most of the time if the server is down, it needs to be fixed. In a branch/quicker logins perhaps. Or maybe a LOB app on a 3rd box, but would they not login with cached creds ?
If he really wants a second DC I think Server Standard and Cals is the way to go. I do not see the advantage to adding the essentials role to a second server on the local lan for 13 users.
I don't suppose he can take it back, but he could take it home to backup his PC's there. Me thinks he would be better off spending the money he spent on the second box for backups or even Storage Craft quick boot. Server dies, you can be backup
in 10 minutes. Or just save the second box for the hardware and do practice bare metal recoveries to it periodically
Grey

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Hi,
This TechNet online article might be helpful for you.
How to Upgrade Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee522994(WS.10).aspx
For your convenience, I have list some general steps for your reference.
Since the following operation have potential damage to Active Directory database, it is highly suggested that you'd better perform a full backup of Active Directory (System State) firstly. Also it is better to test the following procedure in a similar lab environment first.
General Steps:
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1. Verify the new server's TCP/IP configuration has been pointed to the current DNS server.
2. Make the new server become a member server of the current Windows Server 2003 domain first.
3. Upgrade the Windows Server 2003 forest schema to Windows Server 2008 schema with the "adprep /forestprep" command on old server.
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Drive:\sources\ADPREP\adprep.exe /forestprep
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816106
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816101
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So, I've managed to research this some more since Thursday and I've come to the conclusion that Hyper-V does a horrible job of supporting Qualcomm NIC cards. That's the only thing I can conclude as far as where the issue is originating. I've read many
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Hello,
You should do the following:
1. Promote another DC.
2. Transfer FSMO roles to that server.
3. Decommission old DC.
4. Rename it.
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