migration to new active directory domain
Hello,
I have been asked by marketing to make our old company name disappear from login prompts and shared drives. We have three domains currently in use, and these need to be changed to the new name of our company. That is all marketing cares about, is the appearance (what's new right - marketers only concerned with the surface). So, with that being said, I am looking for feedback so I can present decision makers with the following:
Problems we will encounter, downtime, cost, benefits (i don't think there will be any from a technical standpoint), any other information that could weigh into the decision to make this happen would be appreciated. Currently, I'm not looking for exact details on how to do this, but more birds eye view of what management should be made aware of in relation to business processes and problems that could be encountered because of this request. Any experiences and insight will be greatly appreciated.
I have been asked by marketing to make our old company name disappear from login prompts and shared drives. We have three domains currently in use, and these need to be changed to the new name of our company. That is all marketing cares about, is the appearance (what's new right - marketers only concerned with the surface). So, with that being said, I am looking for feedback so I can present decision makers with the following:
Problems we will encounter, downtime, cost, benefits (i don't think there will be any from a technical standpoint), any other information that could weigh into the decision to make this happen would be appreciated. Currently, I'm not looking for exact details on how to do this, but more birds eye view of what management should be made aware of in relation to business processes and problems that could be encountered because of this request. Any experiences and insight will be greatly appreciated.
Last Comment
Amit
Yep, I have similar request and ask me, it is way more complex. User migration still easy, however computer object migration is very complex and require lot of downtime and manual effort. If environment is big, it will becomes challenging.
ASKER
how do you plan to address the issue of users getting new SID causing their local workstation profile to be rebuilt? Is there simply a way to change the domain by using an alias instead of having to worry about creating a new domain and setting trusts and relationships to map security permissions?
SOLUTION
THIS SOLUTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS.
View this solution by signing up for a free trial.
Members can start a 7-Day free trial and enjoy unlimited access to the platform.
SOLUTION
THIS SOLUTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS.
View this solution by signing up for a free trial.
Members can start a 7-Day free trial and enjoy unlimited access to the platform.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
THIS SOLUTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS.
View this solution by signing up for a free trial.
Members can start a 7-Day free trial and enjoy unlimited access to the platform.
ASKER
all, thank you for your feedback. I was able to make what i feel is a fairly informed report to mgmt and now get to wait for them to respond.
Exchange
Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.
213K
Questions
--
Followers
--
Top Experts
Get a personalized solution from industry experts
TRUSTED BY
