Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Renaming an AD DS Domain
AD DS in Windows Server 2012 gives domain designers the flexibility to rename their domain namespace and/or splice domains in a forest to different locations within a forest. This capability gives AD DS great new functionality because design changes can be made because of corporate mergers or organizational changes.
Domain rename supports renaming either the AD DS namespace (for example, companyabc.com) or the NetBIOS (legacy NT) domain name or both. The procedure is a rather brute-force process, however, and should not be considered to be a routine operation.
The domain rename functionality in Windows Server 2012 is mainly a psychological factor because the prerequisites for deploying domain rename make it unlikely ...
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