I would come in for one to two days of discovery before I would give you a project budget. Not to mention, a concrete statement of work hasn't been established.
I think any consultant worth any money at all would do the same. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ryan Corcoran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:32 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename That does the reboot etc for the workstations/server. I am looking at getting consultant help to backup my plan for this so all goes well. How long would u budget for the process From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:16 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename That does reboots? http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/02/04/Rename-Rebo ot-with-Powershell.aspx Something that drives the entire rename process? It was done under contract and I can't release it. But the Microsoft guidance works well. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ryan Corcoran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:21 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename What would a sample script look like that would handle this? Also if you could please clarify on the comment a exchange can never be renamed? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:20 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename I believe it's actually two reboots. That's what my script does anyway. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:48 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename Reboot is necessary... On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Ziots, Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't think so, when the domain is renamed the PC's might need to be rebooted, or you can use a script with NETDOM to do the rejoin I believe. 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 1:37 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename Once the Domain has been renamed do we have to rejoin all member servers and PC work stations that are a part of this domain? Do you have to unjoin them first. The articles may say this but didn't have a chance to read them all yet Thanks Ryan From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:34 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename Any word on when there will be a tool to assist with domain renaming with Exchange 2007? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:36 AM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename Then it's up to you. Google rendom, and the Exchange rename tool, on Microsoft's support site. It's probably easier to rename the domain. There is something to be said for "starting fresh" as well. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> From: Ryan Corcoran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:32 AM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename No I have 3 exchange servers. None are dc's From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:30 AM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename Is Exchange running on a domain controller? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> 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. 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