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Great news. &nbsp;Do I need to make sure I specify this during setup?
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Great news.  Do I need to make sure I specify this during setup?

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Hello. &nbsp;I am new to MS exchange. &nbsp;I am getting ready to install MS exchange 2010 and have a question about the domain name. &nbsp;I need to have the exchange domain that people send mail to different then our internal active directory domain. &nbsp;Is this possible?<br />
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Example. &nbsp;Our internal active directory domain is &nbsp; xyz.com &nbsp;but I need our email to be abc.com<br />
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Do I need to rename our active directory?
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Hello.  I am new to MS exchange.  I am getting ready to install MS exchange 2010 and have a question about the domain name.  I need to have the exchange domain that people send mail to different then our internal active directory domain.  Is this possible?

Example.  Our internal active directory domain is   xyz.com  but I need our email to be abc.com

Do I need to rename our active directory?

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