Active Directory on Win2k or 2k3?

lordbry asks: "I am a Windows admin for a major university in a business computing area (if we have problems, people might not get paid). We have a Windows NT Domain, and are planning to migrate to Active Directory. One of my co-workers is pushing for doing this under Windows 2003. I, however, feel that (as with any M$ product) we should not even consider using 2003 for production anything until there is an SP 2 or 3, and that we should go with AD under Windows 2000. Does anyone have any advice, arguments, or horror stories that could help me make my case to the rest of my group, all of whom are somewhere in the middle? Does anyone think that 2003 is the way to go?"

Comments

I'd say go for 2K3

[dJCL]

I do a lot of junior support on 2K3 SBS networks and find it exceptionally easy to deal with in most cases(not all, I still like linux for easy modification of configurations, everything seems more logical and documented there, but that's just me, I do work for an MS shop). I personally love the new tools to join a system to the domain, and there are other features that either make life easier or just a little more logical.

Our SBS 2000 clients are already looking out of date, even when we only installed 1 year ago.

Anyway...

Enjoy!