WindowNT4 compatability in 2008 domain

[Starrett2008]

Hello,

We have an NT4.0 domain and were going to migrate to 2003 AD and Exchange2003 mixed mode. Management would like to know what we need to do to upgrade to 2008 AD and Exchange2007.

Concerns:

We have a third of all computers still running Window9598

We have 3 Production applications that require share/NTFS permissions to access (the Apps only run on WindowsNT).

Questions:

1) Can NT still exist in an 2008AD/2007Exchng infrastructure?

2) Can 2008 user accounts connect to WindowsNT server shares in this structure?

3) What alternatives could I use to allow connectivity from 2008AD to WindowsNT server shares?

[AWS]

1: yes

2: yes

 

This link will give some incite on how to join NT machines to a Windows 2008 domain.

 

When a Windows NT 4.0-based computer tries to use the NETLOGON service to establish a security channel to a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller, the operation may fail