Updating AD schema from version 47 to version 56 in Windows 2008 R2 forest/domain environment
i have server 2008 r2 domain environment 2008 r2 domain , forest levels. upgraded fileservers server 2012 take advantage of deduplication, found quota's no longer work. upon searching online, i've found need update ad schema version 56 can use server 2012 quotas. don't plan on upgrading domain server 2012 yet. question can upgrade schema version 56 in current server 2008 r2 environment? issues, in general, may encounter if this? in regards adprep below link regarding windows 2012 , adprep. important information on automatically ran , not. http://blogs.technet.com/b/activedirectoryua/archive/2013/02/05/adprep-in-windows-server-2012.aspx in regards issues should not experience if run required adprep commands. if looking @ raising functional level suggest consulting link below , seeing how enviroment can impacted. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/understanding-active-directory-functional-levels(v=ws.10).aspx ...