My Director and I were having a discussion about the possibility of cleaning up & upgrading our Active Directory. The current functional level is 2000. We DO still have Windows 2000 servers -which we need to remove and raise the func lvl to2008 or 2012. We also currently have 2008/2008 R2 servers installed. Nothing on 2012 yet.
I've had a 'little' experience with upgrading a domain - I assisted on an upgrade many years ago.
The Directorposed the question, "Could we install 2012, creating new domain on it - then IMPORT the computers and users to it, then have everyone join that domain?".
Now this is a little beyond what I've done in the past. Where we demoted some servers and upgraded, or where I've added a new DC. I'm the sole IT person here - and if this is beyond me, I have no problem getting a consultant to assist - however, I would...