Join Production Server 2008 to 2003 domain
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I administer a production server for a .com. It is live right now.
Server 2008 x64
IIS 7
SQL 2008
PHP
MYSQL
I have another server which is a DC Server 2003 x86 and a warm standby for the website, sql, DFS, exchange queue.
In order to get DFS going to transfer user photos and other content I need it in the domain.
My question is,
What preparations do I need to do to the production server to allow a smooth transition onto the domain?
Things such as permissions for the website. I do not want to be running around resetting all the permissions. The Group Policy on the DC is completely default.
Should I add the DNS manually or allow it to add itself?
Anything else I left out.