Thanks Michael, I haven't done it, so didn't want to sell him short, I am sure most of the KB's below should cover the gotchas.
Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:56 AM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename It is straight-forward. But you need to be careful, don't skip ANY steps, dot all your 'I's and cross all your 't's. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ryan Corcoran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:49 AM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename That is why I was thinking it would be better to create a new domain and migrate users to that. How does exchange handle that process? Is the migration a straight forward thing? From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:38 AM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842116 Supplemental steps for using the Exchange Server Domain Rename Fixup tool together with the Windows Server 2003 domain rename tools http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822590/ Exchange System Attendant does not start after you rename a Windows Server 2003 domain http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896983 You cannot apply Group Policy settings after you rename a Windows Server 2003-based domain http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838623 TechNet Support WebCast: Renaming domains when Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is in the Active Directory You might want to seriously take a look at these articles before you look to rename your existing AD Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Corcoran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:25 AM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: Domain rename Hi. We are a college and we are changing out name thus the domain name will have to be changed. I am running AD on windows 2003 serve and exchange 2003 for email.. Is it best to setup a new domain and migrate users to that or try to rename the current one in place. Any suggestions would be helpful Thanks Ryan ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~
