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Thanks, I just needed a solid second opinion.
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Thanks, I just needed a solid second opinion.

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What are the ramifications of changing the host name (computer name) of an SBS2003 server without rebuilding it? &nbsp;I have an ancient access '97 database that is hard coded to the old SBS2000 server name, and the author of the database has the database config locked down, and I can't get a hold of the author. &nbsp;Right now as a workaround, I have the database on an XP machine that I renamed to the old server name, but we really need to get it on the new server. &nbsp;This is the type of Access database that has a front end - back end architecture.<br />
Thus I am seeing if anyone knows what harm it would be to rename the SBS2003 to the previous server name.
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What are the ramifications of changing the host name (computer name) of an SBS2003 server without rebuilding it?  I have an ancient access '97 database that is hard coded to the old SBS2000 server name, and the author of the database has the database config locked down, and I can't get a hold of the author.  Right now as a workaround, I have the database on an XP machine that I renamed to the old server name, but we really need to get it on the new server.  This is the type of Access database that has a front end - back end architecture.
Thus I am seeing if anyone knows what harm it would be to rename the SBS2003 to the previous server name.

Re-naming the hostname of an SBS 2003 server.

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).