Re: Domain Rename and Exchange

From: Miha Pihler (miha-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:56:55 +0200

Hi,

you can only rename domain if you have Windows 2003 native domain. But :-\
even then there is no support for Exchange...

If you introduce NT 4 back and then remove Windows 2000 DC then rename NT
domain etc... you will lose existing Exchange 2000.

Windows Server 2003 Domain Rename Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/domainrename.mspx

Important: The domain rename operation and the use of the domain rename
tools is not supported in an Active Directory forest that has any version of
Exchange deployed in it.

Sorry I can't help any more...

Mike

"Jeffrey A. Catalfamo" <lts@alosusa.com> wrote in message
news:OOo9yonaEHA.3480@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Not to be long-winded but here goes...
> I have a mixed-mode W2K (no NT4...just never switched over to native mode)
> domain (multiple DCs). I am running Exchange 2003. My domain is not a
DNS
> FQDN as there is no suffix (ex: bad. ). I would like to rename my domain
to
> a proper FQDN and suffix to something like MyDomain.USA. I realize that I
> can do this by installing an NT4 BDC, resynching the domain,
dcpromo...yada
> yada yada....(I have KB292541). My biggest concern is what is going to
> happen to my Exchange server....The domain that the Exchange server
services
> is not related to the current domain name (ex: Exchange2003 manages
> MyDomain.com com resides in the domain bad. ).
>
> 1) Is this possible?
> 2) Will I be pulling my hair out (not alot left)?
> 3) If so...HOW!
> 4) I am looking for a least-effort solution...I do NOT want to go through
> ADMT and migrate to a new domain or EXMerge (or equivalent) my Exchange
> message store.
>
> I plan on doing this over a weekend so downtime is not so much an issue
but
> I need to be FULLY functional come the following Monday. Any help would
be
> GREATLY appreciated.
>
>

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