This is actually a question about a 2003 upgrade, but I couldnt find a 2003
Upgrade newsgroup.
I am in the process of upgrading a client's NT 4.0 domain to Windows 2003
ADS, and I've run into a situation I have not previously encountered. The
client's NETBIOS domain name has a . (period) in the middle of the name,
let's call it network.com for sake of discussion.
This client is also looking at upgrading Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. Are
there any isues with the . in the name? I typically suggest non-standard
top-level domains (such as .ADS, .CORP, etc), and aside for the confusion
factor of hacing NETWORK.COM as the NETBIOS name and network.ads as the DNS
name, are there any potential issues to worry about?
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Re: Change Domain Name ... Thanks Simon - So I cannot change the NetBIOS Domain Name with any Exchange... I can change the DNS Domain Name correct? ...Active Directory upgrade.... (microsoft.public.windows.server.dns)
"The NetBIOS domain name contains nonstandard characters" ... I have an SBS 2000 server which was originally an NT4 PDC ... "The NetBIOS domain name contains nonstandard characters." ... Native mode and Exchange 2000 Native Mode, ... The upgrade documentation says that this problem will ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
Migration question NT/5.5/2k3 ... I have just done a successful lab test of an in-place upgrade of NT to 2k3 ... My question has to do with the effect on Exch 5.5. ... In theory, the way I see it, since I didn't change the NETBIOS domain name ... (microsoft.public.exchange.admin)
Upgrading to Exchange 2003 ... of upgrading exchange 2000 to 2003, however I will be doing an inplace ...upgrade because I will be decommissioning the old server running 2000. ... (microsoft.public.exchange2000.setup.installation)
