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Its current name is <br />
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field.DEPT<br />
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There is no .com at the end<br />
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What does this tell me
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Its current name is

field.DEPT

There is no .com at the end

What does this tell me

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On Windows 2008 R2, If I perform the following from Powershell, &nbsp;I get the following FQDN:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28509844-1">    PS C:\t&gt; (gwmi WIN32_ComputerSystem).Name + &quot;.&quot; + (gwmi WIN32_ComputerSystem).Domain
    field.DEPTA</code></pre>
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At this point I have added a role of ADDS, but I have not yet run the install (dcpromo.exe)<br />
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If I need to for any reason, how do I change the FQDN of the Windows machine?<br />
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Thanks
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On Windows 2008 R2, If I perform the following from Powershell,  I get the following FQDN:

(CODE)

At this point I have added a role of ADDS, but I have not yet run the install (dcpromo.exe)

If I need to for any reason, how do I change the FQDN of the Windows machine?

Thanks

Winodws and FQDN

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