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Thanks. &nbsp;I find it so frustrating that you can do a domain name change - as long as you aren't running any Microsoft Server products in the domain... &nbsp;You'd think that Microsoft could have designed for this by now.
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Thanks.  I find it so frustrating that you can do a domain name change - as long as you aren't running any Microsoft Server products in the domain...  You'd think that Microsoft could have designed for this by now.

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I agree &amp;&nbsp;I can understand your frustration, but I'm glad that I was able to help!<br />
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Cheers!<br />
Sam
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I agree & I can understand your frustration, but I'm glad that I was able to help!

Cheers!
Sam

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I know a domain name change is unsupported when a domain contains Exchange Servers, but does anyone have experience with what will break? &nbsp;I only have one Exchange 2010 Server in my domain. &nbsp;I've done a single server/domain lab name change and the exchange services appear to be still working post name change but of course this was a simple test.<br />
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And yes, I am aware I can save all the exchange data and rebuild the exchange server after the name change, but was kind of hoping to avoid that.
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I know a domain name change is unsupported when a domain contains Exchange Servers, but does anyone have experience with what will break?  I only have one Exchange 2010 Server in my domain.  I've done a single server/domain lab name change and the exchange services appear to be still working post name change but of course this was a simple test.

And yes, I am aware I can save all the exchange data and rebuild the exchange server after the name change, but was kind of hoping to avoid that.

Windows Active Directory Domain Name change and Exchange 2010?

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.

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