September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1680 pages
88h 3m
English
In addition to the limitations of the Domain Rename Tool, specific prerequisites for domain rename must be met before a domain can be renamed, as follows:
• The entire forest must be at least Windows Server 2003 functional level—All domain controllers in the domain must be first upgraded or replaced with Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, or 2012 functional level and the forest functional level raised to at least Windows Server 2003 functional level or above.
• New DNS zones must be created—The DNS servers for a domain must have a zone added for the new domain namespace to which the domain will be renamed. The exception is if the domain rename procedure will be renaming only the NetBIOS domain. ...
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