Domain Name Change

BAB 26 Reputation points
2022-05-26T15:59:55.313+00:00

Hi all

We have Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Controller running in our environment .

Domain name is test.local.

Scenario is we want to change the domain name from test.local to test.com

Please advise steps.

Regards

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  1. sneff gabor 71 Reputation points
    2022-05-26T17:13:36.417+00:00

    Hello

    Old but for starting is good, and step by step here
    If have got a large deployment and only need rename for user login change to test.com use upn sufix :)

    Gabor Sneff

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  2. Daisy Zhou 18,701 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-06-06T02:14:22.683+00:00

    Hello BAB-7997,

    Thank you for posting here.

    A list of questions need to be considered before domain rename, and whether your AD environment is suitable for domain rename. Please refer to this similar post below.

    Internal Domain Rename
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/77503/internal-domain-rename.html

    For more information about domain rename, we can refer to the links below.

    Step-by-Step guide to rename Active Directory Domain Name
    https://www.rebeladmin.com/2015/05/step-by-step-guide-to-rename-active-directory-domain-name/

    Step by Step How to Rename Domain Name in Windows Server 2016
    https://newhelptech.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/step-by-step-how-to-rename-domain-name-in-windows-server-2016/

    How Domain Rename Works
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc738208(v=ws.10)

    Hope the information above is helpful. If anything is unclear, please feel free to let us know.

    Best Regards,
    Daisy Zhou

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