{"id":1657,"date":"2015-02-14T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:46:00","slug":"upcoming-screencast-how-to-demote-server-2003-domain-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/?p=1657","title":{"rendered":"Screencast: How to Demote the Last Server 2003 Domain Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"gk-legend\" data-style=\"style3\">\n<strong>Screencast :<\/strong><strong>Server 2003 Migrations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-style=\"style6\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #4494dd;\"><strong>Perform AD Health Check<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #4494dd;\"><strong>Clean Up Sites, Services and DNS zones<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #4494dd;\"><strong>Reconfigure the Time Service<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #4494dd;\"><strong>Demote the last 2003 DC<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #4494dd;\"><strong>Raise Domain\/Forest FL<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In <strong><a title=\"How to Decommission the Last Server 2003 Domain Controller\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/video\/tutorials\/Decommission-2003-Domain-Controllers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this Screencast <\/a><a title=\"How to Decommission the Last Server 2003 Domain Controller\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/video\/tutorials\/Decommission-2003-Domain-Controllers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Decommission the Last Server 2003 Domain Controller\" src=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/video-icon.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"21\" \/><\/a><\/strong>, we demonstrate how to demote the last Server 2003 Domain Controller in the forest ans raise the Domain\/Forest functional level. In addition, we go through the recommended Active Directory healthcheck steps and cleanup process.<\/p>\n<div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_0_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"video_kgvid_0_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_0\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_0&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:1713,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;fixed_aspect&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:true,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;quarters&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:true,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Demote the Last 2003 DC&quot;,&quot;skip_buttons&quot;:[],&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Decommission-2003-Domain-Controllers_thumb200.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Decommission-2003-Domain-Controllers.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Decommission-2003-Domain-Controllers.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Demote the Last 2003 DC\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"How to demote the last 2003 Domain Controller\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2015-03-28T10:20:06-07:00\">\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_0\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Decommission-2003-Domain-Controllers_thumb200.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Decommission-2003-Domain-Controllers.mp4?id=0\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"600p\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div style=\"display:none\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_meta\" class=\"kgvid_video_meta kgvid_video_meta_hover \">\n\t\t\t\t<span class='kgvid_meta_icons'><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span id='video_kgvid_0_title' class='kgvid_title'>Demote the Last 2003 DC<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa6 Video: How to Demote the Last 2003 Domain Controller<br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/cT4zQRIyMc\">http:\/\/t.co\/cT4zQRIyMc<\/a><br \/>\u2714 AD HealthCheck<br \/>\u2714 CleanUp Sites &amp; DNS zones<br \/>\u2714 Time Service<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NetoMeter (@netometer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netometer\/status\/581953694155051008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul data-style=\"style5\">\n<li><a title=\"How to Migrate File Server 2003 to Server 2012 R2 \" href=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/?p=1642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Migrate File Server 2003 to Server 2012 R2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Upgrade Active Directory Domain to Windows Server 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/?p=754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Upgrade Active Directory Domain to Windows Server 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Add a Second Server 2012 Domain Controller\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/?p=275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Add a Second Server 2012 Domain Controller<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Migrate DHCP Server to Windows Server 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/?p=771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Migrate DHCP Server to Windows Server 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Configure Storage Tiers and Write-Back Cache in Server 2012 R2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/video\/tutorials\/How-to-Configure-Tiered-Storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Configure Storage Tiers and Write-Back Cache in Server 2012 R2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Configure DHCP Failover in Windows Server 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/?p=792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Configure DHCP Failover in Windows Server 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, we demonstrate how to demote the last Server 2003 Domain Controller in the forest ans raise the Domain\/Forest functional level<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[326],"tags":[470,469,462,468],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}