[Samba] Samba4 as an additional Domain Controller in existing Windows 2016 AD

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Mon, 2018-10-08 at 22:31 +0200, Norbert Hanke via samba wrote:
> Hi David
> 
> Go to the samba wiki on https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Main_Page, 
> search for "2016", klick on FAQ, scroll down a bit.
> 
> There it says:
> 
> I Am Running Samba as an AD DC. Which Windows Server Version Can I Join 
> as an DC to the Forest?
> The following Windows server versions are supported as a DC together 
> with a Samba DC:
> 
> Windows Server Version     Comments
> Windows Server 2016     Not supported.


That is for the reverse.  Joining newer Samba versions to Windows 2016
should be OK, or at least fail pretty early.  However mixed domains are not something we see a lot of in production, most folks go one way or the other after a migration.

Andrew Bartlett
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