Active Directory Forest Trust

Question

Dear team,

I wanted to know if it's possible to configure a 2-way trust between two Active Directory forest, one having the forest functional level 2008, and the other having the latest forest functional level 2025.

Regards,

Answer 1

Hello Micheal Mallo,
Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

I think you can. Please follow the steps in the similar thread to set up conditional forwarders OR secondary zone.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/61615/setup-of-trust-relationship-between-2-domains

After you create conditional forwarders OR secondary zone, then you can create forest trust based on the steps below.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc780479(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc740018(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

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