Hi,

As above. SBS would be on new hardware with the existing box being a
member server. I would like to change the domain name though as it has
been set at a .co.uk which causes all sorts of issues. I'm going to go
googling, but if anyone has any advice is is appreciated.
Thanks
Simon

You want to change the domain name on the SBS box or the member server?

--
Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
A Microsoft Registered Partner
------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft
Please do not submit questions directly to me.

"Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk> wrote in message news:uHEQW2smKHA.2592@newsgroup
Hi,

As above. SBS would be on new hardware with the existing box being a
member server. I would like to change the domain name though as it has
been set at a .co.uk which causes all sorts of issues. I'm going to go
googling, but if anyone has any advice is is appreciated.
Thanks
Simon

Member - can be done before the introduction of the SBS server. I know
it's a flatten and reinstall if SBS is in the picture, wasn't sure for a
standard domain.

Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] wrote:

> You want to change the domain name on the SBS box or the member server?
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
> Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>
> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> ------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>
> "Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk
> <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>> wrote in message
> news:uHEQW2smKHA.2592@newsgroup
> Hi,
>
> As above. SBS would be on new hardware with the existing box being a
> member server. I would like to change the domain name though as it has
> been set at a .co.uk which causes all sorts of issues. I'm going to go
> googling, but if anyone has any advice is is appreciated.
> Thanks
> Simon

As long as there is no AD your trying to preserve, etc.
just go drop it to a work group..then you can join it to the SBS domain.

--
Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
A Microsoft Registered Partner
------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft
Please do not submit questions directly to me.

"Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk> wrote in message news:uMswaWtmKHA.2184@newsgroup
Member - can be done before the introduction of the SBS server. I know
it's a flatten and reinstall if SBS is in the picture, wasn't sure for a
standard domain.

Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] wrote:

> You want to change the domain name on the SBS box or the member server?
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
> Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>
> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> ------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>
> "Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk
> <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>> wrote in message
> news:uHEQW2smKHA.2592@newsgroup
> Hi,
>
> As above. SBS would be on new hardware with the existing box being a
> member server. I would like to change the domain name though as it has
> been set at a .co.uk which causes all sorts of issues. I'm going to go
> googling, but if anyone has any advice is is appreciated.
> Thanks
> Simon

For that matter, if there *is* AD stuff you are trying to preserve, you could always use the RenDom utility to rename the domain *before* introducing SBS.

-Cliff

"Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@newsgroup> wrote in message news:eFirldtmKHA.1536@newsgroup
As long as there is no AD your trying to preserve, etc.
just go drop it to a work group..then you can join it to the SBS domain.

--
Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
A Microsoft Registered Partner
------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft
Please do not submit questions directly to me.

"Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk> wrote in message news:uMswaWtmKHA.2184@newsgroup
Member - can be done before the introduction of the SBS server. I know
it's a flatten and reinstall if SBS is in the picture, wasn't sure for a
standard domain.

Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] wrote:

> You want to change the domain name on the SBS box or the member server?
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
> Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>
> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> ------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>
> "Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk
> <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>> wrote in message
> news:uHEQW2smKHA.2592@newsgroup
> Hi,
>
> As above. SBS would be on new hardware with the existing box being a
> member server. I would like to change the domain name though as it has
> been set at a .co.uk which causes all sorts of issues. I'm going to go
> googling, but if anyone has any advice is is appreciated.
> Thanks
> Simon

Thanks Cliff and Cris,

I want to keep the existing ad information, also this server is running
exchange 2007 that would need to be migrated to the sbs box.

Cliff Galiher - MVP wrote:

> For that matter, if there *is* AD stuff you are trying to preserve, you
> could always use the RenDom utility to rename the domain *before*
> introducing SBS.
>
> -Cliff
>
>
> "Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@newsgroup
> <mailto:crisnospamhanna@newsgroup>> wrote in message
> news:eFirldtmKHA.1536@newsgroup
> As long as there is no AD your trying to preserve, etc.
> just go drop it to a work group..then you can join it to the SBS domain.
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
> Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>
> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> ------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>
> "Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk
> <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>> wrote in message
> news:uMswaWtmKHA.2184@newsgroup
> Member - can be done before the introduction of the SBS server.
> I know
> it's a flatten and reinstall if SBS is in the picture, wasn't
> sure for a
> standard domain.
>
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] wrote:

> > You want to change the domain name on the SBS box or the

> member server?

> >
> > --
> > Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
> > Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> >

> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>
>

> >

> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>>

> > Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> > A Microsoft Registered Partner
> > ------------------------------------
> > MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> > Please do not submit questions directly to me.
> >
> > "Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk

> <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>

> > <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>> wrote in

> message

> > news:uHEQW2smKHA.2592@newsgroup
> > Hi,
> >
> > As above. SBS would be on new hardware with the existing

> box being a

> > member server. I would like to change the domain name

> though as it has

> > been set at a .co.uk which causes all sorts of issues.

> I'm going to go

> > googling, but if anyone has any advice is is appreciated.
> > Thanks
> > Simon

you can export the mail boxes to PST files via outlook from the existing Exchange Server. Then remove Exchange
Then run the RENDOM on the server, then you could install SBS 2008 in migration mode.

I've heard that horrible things happen when running REN DOM where Exchange is in play

--
Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
A Microsoft Registered Partner
------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft
Please do not submit questions directly to me.

"Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk> wrote in message news:OnT3Gm5mKHA.5552@newsgroup

Thanks Cliff and Cris,

I want to keep the existing ad information, also this server is running
exchange 2007 that would need to be migrated to the sbs box.

Cliff Galiher - MVP wrote:

> For that matter, if there *is* AD stuff you are trying to preserve, you
> could always use the RenDom utility to rename the domain *before*
> introducing SBS.
>
> -Cliff
>
>
> "Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@newsgroup
> <mailto:crisnospamhanna@newsgroup>> wrote in message
> news:eFirldtmKHA.1536@newsgroup
> As long as there is no AD your trying to preserve, etc.
> just go drop it to a work group..then you can join it to the SBS domain.
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
> Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>
> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> ------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>
> "Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk
> <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>> wrote in message
> news:uMswaWtmKHA.2184@newsgroup
> Member - can be done before the introduction of the SBS server.
> I know
> it's a flatten and reinstall if SBS is in the picture, wasn't
> sure for a
> standard domain.
>
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] wrote:

> > You want to change the domain name on the SBS box or the

> member server?

> >
> > --
> > Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
> > Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> >

> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>
>

> >

> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>>

> > Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> > A Microsoft Registered Partner
> > ------------------------------------
> > MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> > Please do not submit questions directly to me.
> >
> > "Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk

> <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>

> > <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>> wrote in

> message

> > news:uHEQW2smKHA.2592@newsgroup
> > Hi,
> >
> > As above. SBS would be on new hardware with the existing

> box being a

> > member server. I would like to change the domain name

> though as it has

> > been set at a .co.uk which causes all sorts of issues.

> I'm going to go

> > googling, but if anyone has any advice is is appreciated.
> > Thanks
> > Simon

Agreed. That last bit of Exchange 2007 existing on this server does complicate things a bit. Exchange on a DC is generally not common and very difficult to maintain without the SBS/EBS majic fairy dust, or I would've mentioned that caveat earlier. So yeah, I'm just agreeing with Cris on this. Don't run RenDom without uninstalling Exchange first.

-Cliff

"Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@newsgroup> wrote in message news:e6DAUY6mKHA.1548@newsgroup
you can export the mail boxes to PST files via outlook from the existing Exchange Server. Then remove Exchange
Then run the RENDOM on the server, then you could install SBS 2008 in migration mode.

I've heard that horrible things happen when running REN DOM where Exchange is in play

--
Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
A Microsoft Registered Partner
------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft
Please do not submit questions directly to me.

"Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk> wrote in message news:OnT3Gm5mKHA.5552@newsgroup

Thanks Cliff and Cris,

I want to keep the existing ad information, also this server is running
exchange 2007 that would need to be migrated to the sbs box.

Cliff Galiher - MVP wrote:

> For that matter, if there *is* AD stuff you are trying to preserve, you
> could always use the RenDom utility to rename the domain *before*
> introducing SBS.
>
> -Cliff
>
>
> "Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@newsgroup
> <mailto:crisnospamhanna@newsgroup>> wrote in message
> news:eFirldtmKHA.1536@newsgroup
> As long as there is no AD your trying to preserve, etc.
> just go drop it to a work group..then you can join it to the SBS domain.
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
> Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>
> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> ------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>
> "Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk
> <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>> wrote in message
> news:uMswaWtmKHA.2184@newsgroup
> Member - can be done before the introduction of the SBS server.
> I know
> it's a flatten and reinstall if SBS is in the picture, wasn't
> sure for a
> standard domain.
>
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] wrote:

> > You want to change the domain name on the SBS box or the

> member server?

> >
> > --
> > Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] (since 1997)
> > Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> >

> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>
>

> >

> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> <http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1>>

> > Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> > A Microsoft Registered Partner
> > ------------------------------------
> > MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> > Please do not submit questions directly to me.
> >
> > "Simon" <simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk

> <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>

> > <mailto:simon@newsgroup-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk>> wrote in

> message

> > news:uHEQW2smKHA.2592@newsgroup
> > Hi,
> >
> > As above. SBS would be on new hardware with the existing

> box being a

> > member server. I would like to change the domain name

> though as it has

> > been set at a .co.uk which causes all sorts of issues.

> I'm going to go

> > googling, but if anyone has any advice is is appreciated.
> > Thanks
> > Simon