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You can, but you should only do it if absolutely necessary.<br />
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<a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738208(v=ws.10).aspx" rel="ugc">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738208(v=ws.10).aspx</a><br />
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Honestly, you'd be better backing up your data, taking notes on the structure and starting over from scratch.<br />
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There is a good chance you'll always have weird behavior in the future.<br />
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This isn't a simple machine rename, you are going in and changing AD.<br />
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Here is a step-by-step guide.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rebeladmin.com/2015/05/step-by-step-guide-to-rename-active-directory-domain-name/" rel="ugc">http://www.rebeladmin.com/2015/05/step-by-step-guide-to-rename-active-directory-domain-name/</a><br />
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I'd set up a lab and try it there first.<br />
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Also, before production, make sure you have backups of everything.
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You might also want to get some more categories added. &nbsp;VB Script is not where this should be.
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I've requested that this question be deleted for the following reason:<br />
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no valid respopnse
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I disagree that there has been no valid response. When the question is &quot;Can such-and-such be done?&quot; a response of &quot;I'm afraid it can't, and here's an official statement supporting this&quot; is perfectly valid.
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Have an existing Windows 2012 R2 Essentials domain and would like to rename it. &nbsp;Can this be done, and if so, how?
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Have an existing Windows 2012 R2 Essentials domain and would like to rename it.  Can this be done, and if so, how?

can I rename an existing domain?

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