I have a Windows 2003 domain, with an Exchange 2003 SP2 server.
Currently the internal domain is set up the same as the external DNS
name of the domain (i.e. company.com.) I want to change the internal
domain to corp.company.com.

I remember reading somewhere that under Windows 2003 Server this is now
as simple as renaming the internal domain and rebooting the DCs and
Exchange Server. Is this correct? Also are there any caveats that
need to be checked before and after doing a domain rename such as this one?

Hello,

it's not renaming the AD itself the problem, it's everything around it:
-SMS (must reinstall)
-SQL (windows account)
-Citrix
-Windows services with domain account
-Scheduled tasks with domain account

I have blogged our domain rename:
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com/20...name-done.html

Jorge posted also on it:
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge...5/25/1037.aspx

About exchange:
Domain Rename - Rename a Windows 2003 Forest with Exchange 2003 installed
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Domain-Rename.html

Microsoft Exchange Server Domain Rename Fixup (XDR-Fixup)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Supplemental steps for using the Exchange Server Domain Rename Fixup tool
together with the Windows Server 2003 domain rename tools
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842116/en-us


You MUST prepare the job !




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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Robert Gordon" <rgordon@nospam.onetechbeyond.com> wrote in message
news:udnPW4A6HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I have a Windows 2003 domain, with an Exchange 2003 SP2 server. Currently
>the internal domain is set up the same as the external DNS name of the
>domain (i.e. company.com.) I want to change the internal domain to
>corp.company.com.
>
> I remember reading somewhere that under Windows 2003 Server this is now as
> simple as renaming the internal domain and rebooting the DCs and Exchange
> Server. Is this correct? Also are there any caveats that need to be
> checked before and after doing a domain rename such as this one?

you wish it was easy.. ;-)
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge...11/24/154.aspx
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge...5/24/1037.aspx
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge...7/21/1230.aspx

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"Robert Gordon" <rgordon@nospam.onetechbeyond.com> wrote in message
news:udnPW4A6HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I have a Windows 2003 domain, with an Exchange 2003 SP2 server. Currently
>the internal domain is set up the same as the external DNS name of the
>domain (i.e. company.com.) I want to change the internal domain to
>corp.company.com.
>
> I remember reading somewhere that under Windows 2003 Server this is now as
> simple as renaming the internal domain and rebooting the DCs and Exchange
> Server. Is this correct? Also are there any caveats that need to be
> checked before and after doing a domain rename such as this one?

Thank you Jorge. This was the kind of direct response I was looking for,

Robert

Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP - DS] wrote:
> you wish it was easy.. ;-)
> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge...11/24/154.aspx
> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge...5/24/1037.aspx
> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge...7/21/1230.aspx
>