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Any impact if renaming W2K8 AD domain name?

This is using a single W2K8 single-domain AD. Due to political issue, my boss want me to rename the domain name. I read through some articles about the renaming, and just don't understand why every workstation has to be rebooted twice after the renaming process.

What other considerations, impacts I have to be aware if any? Any how about the sure-work renaming steps?
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The first thing to note is that if Exchange 2007 / 2010 is involved you should not attempt a domain rename. And if you happen to be running SBS then you cannot use Domain Rename.

Otherwise you must read the documentation here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794869%28WS.10%29.aspx

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Can you post a link to the source for the text above please. If you copy and paste text you must cite the source.

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Thank you :)

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he got that from here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/nl-nl/library/cc816689%28WS.10%29.aspx

with only one server, nothing you can move everything to temporarily, it's a really bad idea to up and change the name...

but if your boss needs you to do it anyway, i would strongly suggest something more generic so you dont have to do this in a year again when the company changes their name or dumps a partner or something
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No Exchange server.
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Good explanation