How to raise the functional level of the forest

By | April 6, 2009

Windows Small Business Server 2008 is here and in production. More organizations are starting to migrate from Windows SBS 2003 to 2008.  Interestingly, before you dive into deep-end there are small things to look out for in preparation to move to Windows Small Business Server 2008. You would need to raise the functional level of your SBS 2003 forest.

On the SBS 2003 Server, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Domains and Trust.

right-click Active Directory Domains and Trusts

 In the console pane, right-click Active Directory Domains and Trusts, and then click Raise Forest Functional Level.

click Raise Forest Functional Level

 In Select an available forest functional level, click Windows Server 2003, click Raise, and then click OK in the warning dialog box.

The warning dialog box

raised level successfully