Using the install from Media feature in Windows Server 2003
With the Install from Media (IFM) feature in the Active Directory Installation Wizard, you can use a restored system state backup as the data source when you promote a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based domain controller in an existing domain. When you use IFM to promote a domain controller, you gain important advantages over network-based promotions. These advantages include:
• Reduced use of network resources when new domain controllers are promoted in an existing domain.
• Faster sourcing of Active Directory directory service and global catalog data to a new domain controller.
• Improved recovery of Windows Server 2003-based domain controllers after a hardware or a software failure.
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