RE: Does Windows 2K3 AD and DNS like underscore, numberic in name form

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Hi Mugen,

"It is strongly recommended that you use only characters in your names that
are part of the Internet standard character set permitted for use in DNS
host naming. Allowed characters are defined in Request for Comments (RFC)
1123 as follows: all uppercase letters (A-Z), lowercase letters (a-z),
numbers (0-9), and the hyphen (-)".

the following article has detailed the naming convention:

Namespace planning for DNS
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Serve
rHelp/8ec96981-6b1a-48ec-bd3e-d8d43bc81431.mspx

Upgrading from a Windows NT domain
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Serve
rHelp/aa8a4ec6-f6f1-4f43-92a8-207ec4620226.mspx

Therefore, I suggest you either change the old name or create a new domain
with qulified name and then migrate all info to the new domain.


Any update, let's get in touch!

Best regards,

Rebecca Chen

MCSE2000 MCDBA CCNA


Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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