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It's common for servers that didn't pay for a real FQDN to be something like servername.domainname.loca<wbr />l correct?
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It's common for servers that didn't pay for a real FQDN to be something like servername.domainname.local correct?

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Yes. What was the role of the server?
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go to system properties (click start -&gt; right click Computer -&gt; click properties. and go to where you change computer names) and your full computer name is your FQDN
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go to system properties (click start -> right click Computer -> click properties. and go to where you change computer names) and your full computer name is your FQDN

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I inherited and account that has an existing Windows 2003 R2 Server, We are upgrading to a Windows 2008 R2 Server. &nbsp;I am in the process of DCPROMO.EXE wizard and it's asking what the FQDN is. Where do I find in Windows 2003 R2 Server where the existing FQDN info is?
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I inherited and account that has an existing Windows 2003 R2 Server, We are upgrading to a Windows 2008 R2 Server.  I am in the process of DCPROMO.EXE wizard and it's asking what the FQDN is. Where do I find in Windows 2003 R2 Server where the existing FQDN info is?

Where is the FQDN info in Windows 2003 R2 Server

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.