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For the love of all things good, don't do that to yourself or your client. &nbsp;MINIMIZE the NetBIOS domain name. &nbsp;There can be many instances where you need to enter the domain name and having to type in blahblahblahblah\jsmith is such a huge pain!<br />
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Abbreviate - use 2-4 characters. &nbsp;The DNS domain can be whatever you want, but keep the NetBIOS domain name SHORT and SWEET!
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Very good comment Lee<br />
Tottaly agreed
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I'm setting up a 2012r2 Windows essentials server for a small business. The domain they use for their website and email is abcdefghlaw.com sow when I setup the server I'd like the domain to be abcdefghlaw. <br />
I'm pretty sure there is a fifteen character limitation.
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I'm setting up a 2012r2 Windows essentials server for a small business. The domain they use for their website and email is abcdefghlaw.com sow when I setup the server I'd like the domain to be abcdefghlaw. 
I'm pretty sure there is a fifteen character limitation.

How many characters can a 2012 ad domain contain

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.