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Hi, &nbsp;we recently put a new DC on the network. &nbsp;It's a 2008r2 server. However the name was not changed to the naming standard here and I was wondering if the name can be changed now without it been demoted and promoted again.
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Hi,  we recently put a new DC on the network.  It's a 2008r2 server. However the name was not changed to the naming standard here and I was wondering if the name can be changed now without it been demoted and promoted again.

Changing the name of a DC

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.

Windows Server 2008

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