{"id":595,"date":"2009-12-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlitter.itgroove.net\/2009\/12\/27\/dcpromoing-a-sharepoint-server\/"},"modified":"2009-12-27T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T13:00:00","slug":"dcpromoing-a-sharepoint-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2009\/12\/27\/dcpromoing-a-sharepoint-server\/","title":{"rendered":"DCPromo\u2019ing a SharePoint Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ExternalClass8CF2D55220454F83B866AA3583B8C646\">\n<p><strong><em>Notes<\/em><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t ask why the SharePoint server is a DC. It is not recommended that a SharePoint Server is a DC, but in some situations we don&#8217;t have a choice\u2026 <\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t ask why we had to demote and then re-promote the SharePoint server as a DC. You should try to avoid a demotion\/promotion of a Windows Server running IIS\u2026 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But, if you are in the situation where you have a Windows Server 2008 system that is a DC (Domain Controller), and you need to demote and then re-promote it, here are the steps to ensure that it works when you are done (because IIS will get its nose all out of joint \u2013 in Windows Server 2003 there used to be scripts to help with this situation, no such scripts appear to exist for Windows Server 2008, that at least I have stumbled across\u2026). Note that the order isn&#8217;t so important though, so long as SharePoint is reintroduced after IIS has been reinstalled. <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Take a full backup (or snapshot) of your system for safe keeping (duh!) <\/li>\n<li>Take a Metabase backup in IIS (just in case) <\/li>\n<li>Using PSConfig (SharePoint Products and Technologies Wizard), *disconnect* from the SharePoint Farm <\/li>\n<li>Perform the DCPromo to demote the system back to a member server (SharePoint won&#8217;t be happy, but we&#8217;ll work to make it happy again) <\/li>\n<li>Reboot. Do whatever task you had to do, then promote back to a DC (or not, perhaps your goal is to keep the server as a member server <\/li>\n<li>At this point, IIS is an unhappy bunny \u2013 you could spend hours trying to troubleshoot, or you could simply uninstall IIS, reboot and reinstall <\/li>\n<li>Using PSConfig (SharePoint Products and Technologies Wizard), *reconnect* to the SharePoint Farm <\/li>\n<li>Perform an IISRESET <\/li>\n<li>Correct any DCOM Permissions (IISWAMREG anyone?) that have likely returned <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes: Don&#8217;t ask why the SharePoint server is a DC. It is not recommended that a SharePoint Server is a DC, but in some situations we don&#8217;t have a choice\u2026 Don&#8217;t ask why we had to demote and then re-promote the SharePoint server as a DC. 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