Even in native mode, the domain still has both names. Anyplace where you would use the notation domain\user, you would still use the NetBIOS name, and that's still what shows up in the dropdown box when you do a ctrl-alt-del to log in. Even on Win2K workstations.
There really aren't too many places where a typical user will encounter the DNS name of the domain anyhow; one would be if they use the UPN to log in and you use the default UPN suffix. Another would be if they go to My Network Places...Entire Network..Entire Contents to search for something. Best thing to tell you is to try it in the lab - Make a test NT4 domain with (at least) a PDC and a workstation, and name it TEST_DOM. Upgrade the PDC and call the AD domain lab.local. Poke around and see what things look like. Have fun ! Dave -----Original Message----- From: Sharma, Shshank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 3:46 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NETBIOS names with underscores > I'm not sure what you mean. There's no 'old' domain to > decommission. There is only one domain, it just has two > distinct names (xxx_yyy and zzz.company.com). The only way > this domain will go away is if I built a new forest and > migrated everything over to it. At that point, the original > domain would be useless and I could retire it. > The reason I did an in-place upgrade in the first place was > to avoid that process - not that it's a bad thing, just that > it was not necessary .. I started with one NT domain with a > NetBIOS name, and ended with the same domain upgraded to AD > with two names. > Dave Ah, that's exactly the way I am planning it, and for the same reason. What I meant was moving from the interim mode to the native AD mode. Once in native AD mode, do the clients still log in using xxx_yyy\username ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sharma, Shshank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 12:15 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NETBIOS names with underscores > > > > > Users will see the 'old' name in the drop-down box when > they log in > >to the domain, and can continue to use it wherever they need to > >specify the domain (like xxx_yyy\username in the NET USE > command, etc.). > > When you use AD tools like ADU&C, you'll deal with the > 'new' DNS name. > > Dave > > And what happens when you decommission the old, NT domain > (the xxx_yyy). > You need to touch all the clients then ? > > Shshank > > > 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/ 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/
