Maybe not magic, but Don can pull you out of the woods if something get messed up. (Again, personal experience) Joe Heaton
________________________________ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:49 AM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain rename Nope, it will all be magic... On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Ryan Corcoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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. 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! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ Don and your magic comments, I am still laughing, nothing in M$ is magic :-) Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:43 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: Re: Domain rename ~ 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> ~
