Hi,
We are replacing a Server 2008 R2 domain controller with a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller at a remote site. We installed a server running Windows Server 2012 R2 and the Active Directory. In order to test that the new server was functioning correctly, we shut down the 2008 R2 server. Unfortunately, we have not been able to get back to the remote site for over a week, and now we would like to boot up the 2008 R2 server and remove the Active Directory. Is it alright to boot up the 2008 server, since it has been off the network for so long? Additionally, no new users have been created, and no security changes have been made in the last week. Please let me know if we can bring the 2008 server back online without any issues, so that we may remove the AD from it.
Thanks in advance.
Ed Khan