Domain Rename - Advice and Guidance

- February 25, 2010

dear all,

i have been tasked rename of our internal domain, have been reading process , have built test environment 1 primary domain controller , 1 backup domain controller mirror our current configuration. have tried process few times , have manage 3 out of 4 successfull renames. i was wondering if give me addisional advice me when doing on live system. have two differences between lab , live system on our live system have sccm 2012 running there in perticurlar need ensure sccm continue function correctly oonce domain rename completed? have citrix access gateway running xenapp desktop looking anychanges may need completed on server.

my live network has following:

pdc-001 - primary dc
bdc-002 - backup dc
app-001 - sccm server single forest single site
ps-001 - print server
us-001/5 - user share servers
ts-001/10 - terminal servers (citrix)
700 client computers

any advice or guidance excellent

kind regards

tpark technician

you need sure applications support domain rename operation.

sccm not support domain rename , need rebuild scratch if rename domain: http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8748-renaming-the-domain/

for other applications, need check vendors support assistance.

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