assing W2K3 to the domain

Since I am running SBSServer 2008 as a guest OS in a Windows 2008 Server R2
environment I cannot use my faxmodem card.
so i loaded windows 2003 server on a separate 32 bit box and installed the
fax modem card so that it could be the domain's fax server.
when i tried to connect the server to the SBSServer, I got an error that
this type of OS is not supported.

Can I still join the domain if i do it manually (i.e. in the system
properties)? is it a bad idea to do this or is it safe to add another server
to the domain?
(i am finding out several reasons why it is not good idea to run SBSServer
as a guest - no access to hardware, e.g. fax/modems,USB drives and other
devices)
thanks
m

yes, you can manually join a Windows Server 2003 machine to an SBS 2008
domain. It's a fully supported scenario. The http://connect application
won't work, so you have to join the conventional way. This will, however,
put the server into the wrong OU, so you need to open Active Directory Users
and Computers and drag and drop the server from the
MyBusiness\Computers\SBSComputers OU to the MyBusiness\Computers\SBSServers
OU.

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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel




"Moshe Raab" <> wrote in message
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> Since I am running SBSServer 2008 as a guest OS in a Windows 2008 Server
> R2 environment I cannot use my faxmodem card.
> so i loaded windows 2003 server on a separate 32 bit box and installed the
> fax modem card so that it could be the domain's fax server.
> when i tried to connect the server to the SBSServer, I got an error that
> this type of OS is not supported.
>
> Can I still join the domain if i do it manually (i.e. in the system
> properties)? is it a bad idea to do this or is it safe to add another
> server to the domain?
> (i am finding out several reasons why it is not good idea to run SBSServer
> as a guest - no access to hardware, e.g. fax/modems,USB drives and other
> devices)
> thanks
> m