Domain rename is a potentially difficult operation, but good up front planning, and solid test environments are really the keys to success. We have renamed more than one domain within Microsoft, with PKI, DFS, and a number of other services which have close ties to the directory itself.
For interests sake, what is the general motivation for your rename? 1) Political (you need to move to a different part of your namespace) 2) Merger/Acquisition 3) Company name change 4) Forest Restructuring 5) Other... I would also be interested in getting feedback on the worksheets that are in the appendix of the documentation. Do they help you get through the planning, and execution of the operation? Chris. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 5:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Rename Jan, Key point is that you must be in Windows Server 2003 Forest Functional Mode - only W2k3 DCs in the forest. It's not anywhere near as bad as it looks. Not anywhere as daunting as the road to Windows 2000 Native.... Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT Microsoft MVP - Active Directory Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Wilson Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Domain Rename As it happens to many we need to rename our W2K domain. Our plan is to upgrade our DCs to W3K then rename. Has anyone ventured down this road (to hell) yet? The amount of work looks daunting! Thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
