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Using DNS, you could point to the new web site IP address, (assuming each site old and new have different IP addresses). &nbsp;Your browser however will still display the old name. &nbsp;You may want to set up your web server to so a 301 Permanent Redirect.<br />
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This way you will control what browser ends up at and search engines will take notice as well.
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Using DNS, you could point to the new web site IP address, (assuming each site old and new have different IP addresses).  Your browser however will still display the old name.  You may want to set up your web server to so a 301 Permanent Redirect.

http://www.trainsignaltraining.com/windows-server-2008-http-redirection [http://www.trainsignaltraining.com/windows-server-2008-http-redirection]

This way you will control what browser ends up at and search engines will take notice as well.

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Good Day,<br />
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We have a customer that wants their old web site domain to redirect to their new web site domain. Their DNS for their web site is hosted on a Windows 2008 Server. <br />
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How do I accomplish this? I have tried creating an alias that points to the new web site domain but it gives an error from the web host server stating the site is not available and shows the old web site domain name rather than the new one.<br />
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Thanks in advance.
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Good Day,

We have a customer that wants their old web site domain to redirect to their new web site domain. Their DNS for their web site is hosted on a Windows 2008 Server. 

How do I accomplish this? I have tried creating an alias that points to the new web site domain but it gives an error from the web host server stating the site is not available and shows the old web site domain name rather than the new one.

Thanks in advance.

Forwarding a domain

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.