More specifically, you cannot perform a Domain Rename operation on any domain that has an Exchange Organization within it, without removing the Exchange Org.
Now, you *can* remove the Exchange Org without a total disaster, if you know what you're doing. A lot of the necessary steps have been documented in the Swing Kit, by Jeff Middleton (www.sbsmigration.com). Note that this is not in any way supported or recommended by Microsoft. -- Durf On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Michael B. Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exchange Servers cannot be renamed. Period. > > > > So, there are no easy ways. Some are easier than others, but none are > easy. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:07 PM > *To:* Active Directory Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Domain rename-Hijacked > > > > So, I have somewhat similar project coming up, and can see many ways to > this the hard way, but not sure how to do it easy. I have one domain with > two DCs...one of which is also an Exchange server. This domain > (company.com)is used by two organizations that now want their own separate > networks. One organization will keep the current server hardware. It was > decided that the other group would be small enough to use SBS 2003. The > tricky part is that the org moving to SBS is the one who controls the name > for the existing domain and will use it on their network. > > So, do I demote one DC and then create a new forest and domain, then setup > a trust and migrate everyone? Do I run the risk of totally screwing > Exchange since it is on a DC? > > Bill > > Ryan Corcoran wrote: > > 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! ~ > ~ ~ > > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~
