Re: Disable NetBIOS and NTLM on Windows 2003 Domain Controllers and Exchange 2003?

From: Andy David - Exchange MVP (adavid_at_pleasekeepinngcheesebucket.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:57:36 -0400

You may want to look at this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=837391

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:25:31 -0600, "Research Services"
<key@lamar.n0-sp@m.colostate.edu.NO> wrote:

>Is it possible to safely DISABLE NetBIOS and/or NTLMv1/LM on all Windows
>2000 and Windows 2003 Domain Controllers and/or Exchange 2003 servers
>(within our own child domain) without affecting Windows networking
>communications adversely?
>We are a child domain in a single forest, we are NOT Enterprise
>Administrators. Our DCs and Exchange are currently configured to refuse and
>not send LM.
>All clients are Windows XP with NetBIOS already disabled and only talk
>NTLMv2, there are no down-level clients (i.e., Win9x, NT4, Mac) in our child
>domain.
>We are not sure if this will affect AD replication, especially between other
>child domains in the forest not controlled by us - OR if Exchange 2003
>relies on NetBIOS and/or less than NTLMv2 to function correctly.
>
>Thanks for any input or help.
>
>

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