How to Rename Active Directory

[shivaj]

hi

I need to Rename my Active Directory

my current name company.local

I need to change it 123compay.com

Please help me.

Howdie!

shivaj wrote:
> I need to Rename my Active Directory
>
> my current name company.local
>
> I need to change it 123compay.com

It is possible from Server 2003 on. Without knowing your environment, it
is hard to tell whether it is a good idea to rename the domains and
forests or not.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...08(WS.10).aspx

Cheers,
Florian

Hello shivaj,

Why will you rename it? Basically the domain name is technically not that
important, the internal LAN should have another one then the external. And
as Florian state you need at least a functional level of Windows server 2003.

Best regards

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> hi
>
> I need to Rename my Active Directory
>
> my current name company.local
>
> I need to change it 123compay.com
>
> Please help me.
>
> http://forums.techarena.in
>

[shivaj]

its windows 2003 server

Reason is

previously i created a domain called domain.local
after that gpo setting is not worked in that domain controller.
so i created a another domain and AD called domainad.local in that every thing worked good like gpo dns etc. so now our company is planned to implement a exchange server. in new domain (i.e) domainad.local
But our old mail hosting is hosted by readyhositng externally. in name of
www.domain.com
so if i implements exchange server in new AD. email is creating as name@domainad.local but i want name@domain.local.

also we planned to host our www.domain.com from our company.
so i need change it.

current we are having
1.Domain controller
1.application server
26 workstation


please help

Hello shivaj,

The exchange SMTP address can be modified in Exchange 2003 ESM under Recipients,
Recipients policy, properties of "Default policy"

Important is that the ISP knows where to forward the mails for your domain
to.

I prefer to use an external webhosting provider, so the complete security
settings part belongs to them and not to your own. Also it will be cheaper
to use an external one, instead of buying hardware/software. If you still
like to do it yourself, choose a separate server and built a DMZ where you
place it, NOT in your domain. Also you have to think about a firewall solution
to get a DMZ configured.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> its windows 2003 server
>
> Reason is
>
> previously i created a domain called domain.local
> after that gpo setting is not worked in that domain controller.
> so i created a another domain and AD called domainad.local in that
> every thing worked good like gpo dns etc. so now our company is
> planned
> to implement a exchange server. in new domain (i.e) domainad.local
> But our old mail hosting is hosted by readyhositng externally. in name
> of
> www.domain.com
> so if i implements exchange server in new AD. email is creating as
> name@domainad.local but i want name@domain.local.
> also we planned to host our www.domain.com from our company. so i need
> change it.
>
> current we are having
> 1.Domain controller
> 1.application server
> 26 workstation
> please help
>
> http://forums.techarena.in
>

"shivaj" <shivaj.4531rb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> its windows 2003 server
>
> Reason is
>
> previously i created a domain called domain.local
> after that gpo setting is not worked in that domain controller.
> so i created a another domain and AD called domainad.local in that
> every thing worked good like gpo dns etc. so now our company is planned
> to implement a exchange server. in new domain (i.e) domainad.local
> But our old mail hosting is hosted by readyhositng externally. in name
> of
> www.domain.com
> so if i implements exchange server in new AD. email is creating as
> name@domainad.local but i want name@domain.local.
>
> also we planned to host our www.domain.com from our company.
> so i need change it.
>
> current we are having
> 1.Domain controller
> 1.application server
> 26 workstation
>
>
> please help


The external domain name and the internal domain name have no relationship
regarding Exchange. I don't know why you would even want to add
name@domain.local if the internal name is domainad.local. You may have meant
you want to add name@domain.com?

You can host any domain name on Exchange by adding domain suffixes the
Exchange org is responsible for. So whether your internal name is
domain.local or domainad.local, and you can even make the internal name
"domain.shivaj," it doesn't matter. What you need to do is in Exchange, you
would simply add "@domain.com" as an additional domain Exchange is
responsible for. For the external domain.com pubilc records, you would
create an "A" record called "mail" (this is an example) under domain.com
pointing to your WAN IP, then create an MX record pointing to
mail.domain.com. This way all mail servers on the internet will know your
mail server. Exchange will handle the rest.

You said that your domain.local does not work. What exactly were the
problems? If you can elaborate on the problems, provide an ipconfig /all
from the domain controllers in domain.local, as well as all event log errors
(EventID# and the Source names), we can help by diagnosing it for you.


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[shivaj]

Thanks for suggestion

Anyway if we not implement that than
i just want to rename domain that's all


fyi
we also having firewall

Not an easy task. If I recall correctly you have to reboot every machine in
the domain twice.

Here are some docs from Microsoft
http://search.microsoft.com/Results....c0=0&x=12&y=15

Petri has some links on this:
http://www.petri.co.il/windows_2003_domain_rename.htm

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> hi
>
> I need to Rename my Active Directory
>
> my current name company.local
>
> I need to change it 123compay.com
>
> Please help me.
>
>
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"shivaj" <shivaj.453cve@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for suggestion
>
> Anyway if we not implement that than
> i just want to rename domain that's all
>
>
> fyi
> we also having firewall
>
>

shivaj,

I undestand. Here are a couple of blogs I created regarding what name is
chosen based on goals and consequences. I hope you find them useful.

Split Zone or no Split Zone - Can't Access Internal Website with External
Name
http://msmvps.com/blogs/acefekay/arc...rnal-name.aspx


Exchange 2007 UC/SAN Certificate & Things to consider Choosing An Internal
AD DNS Domain Name If Using Exchange 2007
http://msmvps.com/blogs/acefekay/arc...rtificate.aspx

Ace

I need to Rename my Active Directory
my current name company.local
I need to change it 123compay.com




For reasons just discussed in this very newsgroup, not using local. is a good idea.&nbsp; However, renaming is not a trivial exercise, nor one to be taken lightly, especially with Exchange in the mix as you have.&nbsp; When this very subject came up in this newsgroup (MPWSA) in 2008 as it has several times in the past (always read the back messages before posting!), Jorge Silva pointed to TechNet articles on this subject here and here.&nbsp; Other relevant materials, mentioned in other threads in this newsgroup where this has come up before, include Microsoft KnowledgeBase articles 838623 and 925833, this web log entry, and this TechNet article.

"Jonathan de Boyne Pollard" <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> wrote
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> I need to Rename my Active Directory
> my current name company.local
> I need to change it 123compay.com
>
>
> For reasons just discussed in this very newsgroup, not using local. is a
> good idea. However, renaming is not a trivial exercise, nor one to be
> taken lightly, especially with Exchange in the mix as you have. When this
> very subject came up in this newsgroup (MPWSA) in 2008 as it has several
> times in the past (always read the back messages before posting!), Jorge
> Silva pointed to TechNet articles on this subject here and here. Other
> relevant materials, mentioned in other threads in this newsgroup where
> this has come up before, include Microsoft KnowledgeBase articles 838623
> and 925833, this web log entry, and this TechNet article.
>
>


KB925833 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925833) doesn't appear to exist.
Typo?

Ace

[shivaj]

Thanks for the help