Yes, and that's what I said - it could be done but I didn't think it was worth 
the hassle. :)

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Ryan Shugart
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:25 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Renaming a Computer

Microsoft actually has a procedure on how to rename a DC:
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc794951(v=ws.10).aspx
I've had to do this and its worked fine.  I assume this is a supported way by 
Microsoft to do this since its their documentation but...
Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Michael Leone
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 6:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Renaming a Computer

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 7:04 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It is not supported to rename a domain controller.

Did not know that. But if you stop to think about it, that seems right.

> Sidebar: there are some special things that can be done to rename a DC (and 
> there are several people [Bob? Brian? Volunteers?] that can tell you how), I 
> don't think it's worth the hassle for most companies.


Demote the DC with old name; rename; re-promote with the new name? :-)



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