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Unless otherwise indicated, the following tasks assume you already
have the Active Directory Domains and Trusts console open. You must
be a member of the Domain Admins group to perform these tasks.

Raise Domain Functional Level

Remember that this

process
is irreversible.

Right-click on a domain Raise Domain Functional Level

You can also raise the domain functional level by right-clicking on
the domain in Active Directory Users and Computers. To change the
forest functional level, see

Forest later in
this chapter.

Create a New Domain

See

Domain

Controller later
in this chapter.

Add a Computer to a Domain

You can either join a
Windows 2003/2000/XP computer to a
domain when installing the operating system or afterwards. If
afterwards, do this:

Control Panel System Computer Name Change select Domain type DNS name of domain OK specify credentials of a Domain Admin account reboot

This creates a computer account in the domain. You can also create
the computer account ahead of time using Active Directory Users and
Computers.

Manage a Domain

Right-click on a domain Manage

This opens the Active
Directory
Users and Computers console with the focus on the selected domain.