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AD domain rename (on-prem air gapped)

Anonymous
2025-01-07T23:09:05+00:00

Hi, I am looking for advice on renaming an AD domain. I have found articles such as https://woshub.com/rename-active-directory-domain/ but it sounds risky and complicated, and would like to avoid it if there is too much risk. The domain is air-gapped, Server 2022 DCs, and has DNS, NPS, DHCP, CA, DFS, with Backup Exec and Splunk querying the domain. Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-08T12:19:07+00:00

    Hello MattUA,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community forum.

    It looks like your AD environment with Backup Exec, NPS, DNS, DHCP, CA, DFS, SQL BAG failover cluster, and Splunk is more complex, it is recommended you would probably just create a new domain and move or migrate everything to new domain using ADMT tool if needed.

    Here is a similar thread with detailed information for your reference.

    Internal Domain Rename - Microsoft Q&A

    I hope the information above is helpful.

    If you have any question or concern, please feel free to let us know.

    Best Regards,

    Daisy Zhou

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