Anything to be wary of with domain trusts?

[Darren S]

We've got two seperate domains at work, ironically, for no specific reason whatsoever. Over the years, they have grown and are physically connected via the network.

We share a few folders and the odd printer, but nothing major.

As both domains are Windows 2003 Standard Server domains, are there any key risks or issues we'd have in get a full blown trust setup between the two?

Each domain is on it's own subnet, so the allocation of DHCP requests shouldn't be a problem. On paper (and from what I've read) - trusting domains is a very straight-forward and common process. But I just have a niggling doubt about it!

Any comments, feedback or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Cheers!

D.

 

[Mike_182]

Trusts are easy - don't sweat it. The only issue you'd come across is trying to merge the domains - that'd be a bit of a nightmare.

Trusts will be easy - just got to sort group memberships out if you want people to be able to log on to the machines on each side.

 

[H182]

We did it at my old place, never had any issues. Fairly easy to reverse if any problems IIRC?

 

[Darren S]

Cheers guys. The group membership side of things will probably require a bit more investigation, I think.

Merging the domains is miles off yet - if ever, really.

D.