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Clonetroop

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OK I have offered to assist a small company with setting up their domain.
They are currently using just a standard DSL connection, router, 2k3 server for printing and file sharing, with about 10 XP machines.

The server is not currently setup as a domain, and they want one registered and implemented.
I know I need to register one first, I was thinking registerfly.com or godaddy, but after that I just want to make sure that is all I need to do before I create the DC, DNS, etc on the 2k3 box.

The clients are currently utilizing internet email from their DSL provider, and since they are wanting to make use of their new domain I am assuming I will need to set up a light exchange on the server as well. I have my own personal webspace, and this other question probably belongs in the apps section but I just want to know if what I have listed above is the correct assumptions, and also what else may be required to push forward with this implementation, especially with the domain and the exchange portion.

Thanks!
 
Make sure that you know to make your Active Directory domain and the internet domain two different things. Things get confusing if you have your DC configured as the same domain as the internet domain (example, DC is businessname.local and internet domain is businessname.com) To have the server setup to accept email from the internet domain, just set the MX record as the same IP as the server. But you dont' need to register a domain in order to setup a domain on a DC/AD server.
 
standard response to these threads. You'll be learning on the job on something you are inexperienced with. Bad idea. Not only are you going to have fits your going to look bad to these people and end up costing them money anyway. Hire someone qualified to do the work. I'm sure you'll take this personally. It's not intended to offend. Meant to save everyone involved time and money. I bet you'll ignore it and move on anyway with the "project" so good luck. The chances of you getting this working without tremendous effort and headache is remote.
 
It is entirely fine registering your domain name and using the same domain on your AD.

However, make sure to play very close attention to DNS and make sure everybody resolves to the proper place.

I do i several times and found no problem whatsoever.
 
The wizards in 2003 make this pretty simple. I would do a test run on a spare server first, that way you can figure out how to make it work before screwing around with the real server. You will look a lot more professional if you come to the job knowing exactly what to do!
 
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