We are in the process of upgrading our domain controllers to 2008R2 and I'm looking at the services we have installed on them and wondering if it would be a good idea to put some of these services on another non-domain controller server. The two services I'm looking at removing are the KMS host and RDS licensing. My question is basically wondering if there are any benefits (or if it's a best practice) to have those services on a domain controller or if it would be better to put them on another server that isn't a domain controller. Any and all information is appreciated. Thanks.

Take a look at this link for what is supported: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itproinstall/thread/292E7DC2-23A0-4A31-85CF-192ADB543D63 However if it were me and I had a choice, I would use a dedicated VM on Windows 2008 R2 SP1 to act as KMS host. I would take the same approach for RDS but's that's my personal preference.Dave Guenthner [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://blogs.technet.com/b/davguents_blog

Take a look at this link for what is supported: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itproinstall/thread/292E7DC2-23A0-4A31-85CF-192ADB543D63 However if it were me and I had a choice, I would use a dedicated VM on Windows 2008 R2 SP1 to act as KMS host. I would take the same approach for RDS but's that's my personal preference.Dave Guenthner [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://blogs.technet.com/b/davguents_blog