Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Domain Rename Limitations
Domain rename has several limitations. It is important to understand the following restrictions before considering a domain rename operation:
• Cannot reduce the number of domains in a forest—The Domain Rename Tool cannot be used to drop additional domains from a forest. For example, if a forest is composed of four domains, there must be four domains remaining after the procedure is complete. This type of domain consolidation role can be performed only through the use of other tools, such as the Active Directory Migration Tool.
• The current root domain cannot be demoted—Although the Domain Rename Tool can splice and transplant domains from one portion of an AD DS namespace to another, it cannot fundamentally change ...
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