about OS edition (AD)

Question

I sheduled to built AD.

1st will built AD(primary) by datacenter-edition ,2st will built AD(second) by standard-edition.

AD(primary) is on vshpere.

Is there problem?

For example,collaboration is not working.

Answer 1

Hi @inet inet ,

You don't need to use Datacenter edition for first domain controller. A standard edition is enough to promote a domain controller.

You can keep the same edition Standard for the both.

You can also build virtual machine without any problem. I recommend you to not build the both DCs in same ESX in order to ensure the high availability and in case of crash of ESX host, the domain will still available

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Answer 2

DataCenter and Standard edition domain controllers' side by side are absolutely not a problem. I'd setup the host affinity rules such that both DCs will not migrate to same host at any time so as to maintain high availability and disaster mitigation.

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Answer 3

Use answers to provide solutions to the user's question.Hello there,

Use this article to compare Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2019 to see which will be most appropriate.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/editions-comparison-windows-server-2019?tabs=full-comparison

Use this article to compare Standard, Datacenter, and Datacenter: Azure Edition editions of Windows Server 2022 to see which will be most appropriate.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/editions-comparison-windows-server-2022?tabs=full-comparison

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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