This tutorial was amazing. I am an entry-level sysadmin (basically zero experience with running PS with some very basic knowledge of Server Manager). I had to rename a domain on a very small network and these instructions were extremely helpful. I did notice that a couple of my workstations (even after 2 reboots) would not authenticate to the new domain so I had to log in as local admin and change their domain membership manually. A huge thanks for posting this video!!
This helped my time.... Thankyou amazing....i just completed my mcsa...and had a hel of time with somebody dAmaged server...quicklearning with your videos...
Hello. Great video and clearly explained, step by step. This is something that an individual can learn on his own lab environment and gain some experience taking over a production environment, so that can evaluate pros and cons.
Question, i did all the step and the domain name change correctly. but in the 08:44 say change the name but when i try to change the full computer name i cant. its disable the option . say the certification authority services is installed on this computer
@@joan1346 I mean if you have configured your server as a Certificate Authority then you cant rename the server. I think you have installed AD CS on your server. Check out Installed roles on your server to confirm it.
@MSFTWebCast when you run the "rendom /prepare" that will also update the other DC's in the domain? And the steps you use used to change the DNS name on the DC, will that need to be done on all other servers plus workstations?
I have followed the video instructions to rename my production Active Directory which has two Domain controllers, primary and secondary. After having completed the entire process, the old domain DNS zones are still appearing in the DNS management console. Secondly, in the secondary domain controller, all DNS entries still existed and it looks like it has not been replicated from the primary DC. But the replication is working pretty well while checking in the AD site and services. Appreciate your comments
When I try to change server name my server show me message on secreen "The following error occurred attempting to rename the computer to server 1. (Server1 is the name of my server which I want to change) The specified server cannot perform the requested operation." sir please help me how i resolve this issue.
Thank you for the great video. I have two questions: * is this possible with exchange server already available in the network? if yes, which version of exchange server should i have & are there additional steps should we do? * is this possible if there is windows XP computers joined to the domain inside the network? thank you again for your video.
@@HEADSPACEnTIMING it was something i was wondering if would happen. But abandoned idea in the end as had an on prem exchange server, so it wouldn’t worked anyway.
Thank you very much for this video. Great video. I just had an issue and I was helping to get some help please. I followed the video to rename my domain name but now the DNS forward lookup zone of my new domain is missing the sub-folders. The _msdsc is missing the folders dc, domains, gc and pdc. The new domain zone is missing _sites, _tcp, _udp, DomainDNSZones and ForestDNSZones. I did some troubleshooting steps like repear the gpfixup commands and stop/start netlogon service, also refresh/reload DNS but did not change anything. Thank you
In my environment we already have Microsoft dynamics (ERP), exchange server and SharePoint. Is there any consideration or any pre/ post rename tasks? Existing users SID will change?!
Another great tutorial! Really helped me get my domain renamed. I was able to skip the step of rejoining all of my member servers and computers to the domain by rebooting them all twice and logging in each time before running the RENDOM /CLEAN and RENDOM /END commands. This allowed them to use the old domain name to link to the new domain name, and the reboots allowed the new computer name with the new domain name to take effect. Still a hassle, but a little easier than removing the old domain and rejoining the new domain. I did have one question though, after the rename I still have the old forward lookup zones for the old domain name and _msdcs in my DNS console. Is there a way to remove the old forward lookup zones? Thank you!
From your information if the step is - rename domain - restart memberjoin 2 times - rendom /clean it's not nessecerry to rejoin all computer , am i right? Thanks in advance
Thank you, a quick question. After making all those changes, will it impact all the users and servers we have it on the domain, will they still be able to login like before. Is there any other things we need to do ?
You need to reboot all your member machines twice for the change to take effect on all of them. All the users can login normally. Note: Sometimes few client computer faces error related to domain (old) suffix. Maybe you need to fix it manually.
excelente Aula, parabéns ! somente um duvida se caso eu no remova o DNS antigo as outras maquinas que ja estão no domino poderão continuar acessando como ja estavam ate que eu altere manualmente em cada PC. pois eu tenho muito no meu parque não conseguirei fazer todas alteração rapidamente. obrigado
Missed mentioning steps; what if the domain to be renamed had more than one DC. Also what happens to the user profiles after rejoining the member machines?
Thanks Yatin for the lovely suggestion, I would love to test it. Frankly I haven't test it with two or more Domain Controllers. I will update you once I test it.
Hello. Thank you for your contribution to all the videos you created. I recently took a project renaming the domain controller. and followed your instructions on a virtual environment with one windows10 work station and server 2022 as the domain controller. Everything went super fine but I am not able to log in to the domain from the windows10 workstation. The workstation still shows the old domain name. Is there a way to log in to the new renamed domain and keep the old profile? I did follow the steps on UPN Suffix. I have rebooted the workstation several times and it is still showing the old active directory name
Generally after two or three restart client will have the new domain name. But as you have mentioned that it didn't happened, so you can temporary remove the workstation from the domain and rejoin again to fix this.
@@MSFTWebCast Thank you for your response. In our production environment, we have over 30 workstations. Losing existing profile would not be ideal because all workstations has outlook and mapped network drive.
There are multiple options to rename domain joined client computer. 1. You can user powershell script. 2. You can user PowerShell Remoting and user PowerShell command over the session. 3. You can psexec utility, connect to remote PC and run PowerShell or netdom command to rename it.
Hello, one doubt, i have 3 server running as AD in my domain, my doubt is, if i change the domain, this will be replicate into the other two? Another doubt, do i need to remove all the computer from the old domain and insert into the new one or the change will be automatically for all computer on the domain?
The domain controllers will be change automatically but for client computer you need to manually remove them from the old domain and join them again to new domain.
@@MSFTWebCast I never created a new username and password just followed the instructions and restarted so not sure if the password changed cause it’s not accepting the old password
Hello. I have your videos. I am stuck though. I followed up to the updating old and new fpfixup domains and NB with gpfixup. However, I cannot get the pop up message to go away in group policy manager. I am following along on Windows Server 2016 in Hyper V. Any suggestions?
@@MSFTWebCast I'm having the same issue. I did the gpfixup /olddns: /newdns: and gpfixup /oldnb: /newnb, when I open gpm, the pop-up will appear again with the same error, which is still trying to contact the old domain. "A referral was returned from the server."
nice video , but this error is still coming up. :The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. in the group policy. please answer me
Hi just wanna know renaming the Active Directory Domain Controller will affect any changes on my Exchange server (in my case exchange is installed on the same physical machine with the active directory domain controller )
Hey MSFT WebCast, my _dnsZone did not update and still shows "same as parent folder". In the xml file we did not enter the _zone. What might be the reason? Thank you for the great video
Try to create it manually and if resource records appears, then change the replication scope. Restart the netlogon service and check for the zone data.
Afte rename on server what will happen at client computer side. Will they automatically connect to new domain name? Or do we need to change their domain manually.
@@mahadevsontakke6697 Its totally up to you. You can add new domain name suffix using domain.msc console and change the UPN. Or you can change it later on as well.
*Remember to do a backup before attempting this* After renaming my server and doing everything as instructed, none of my GPO's work. Even making new ones won't do anything.
Backup-restore will do the job. I have never tested it out but what if we follow the same steps to rename the domain again with old name. You need to test it out first in virtual environment.
I had accidentally not replaced the the first two domain names on the domain list file so I redid the domain list correctly and reuploaded but had to manually add forest after by clicking add new forest under group policy console
when i try the gpfixup /olddns command i get the following: Cant retrieve vesionnumber from gpt.ini file in sysvol: The file is infact in that folder Please Advise!
dear domain is renamed successfully. Now, i exchange server is not working, rejoined to domain i am am able to ping DC but exchange is not working with ECP or management shell. Please advise
@@MSFTWebCast well, idk if i can tell you to try and change the accent or to just do the videos in your native language. But it's not a huge thing, keep doing the great work
@@MSFTWebCast I'm from the US and understood you perfectly even at 2x speed.. I suggest he listen to more content of people with accents. I love the accent personally. I haven't used rendom for some time and I appreciate the content! TY sir!
@@geekyengineer9245 Whatever you say, Geeky boy. Your comment was rude and disrespectful, even if you find it hard to understand. Now unless you got something nice to say, keep your mouth shut.
Hello! Excellent Tutorial. I have a situation: In a setup, whenever I create an user under the "User Logon Name" I always see two domain names in the drop down: @my_domain_name.local and @my_domain_name.com --where the @my_domain_name.local always shows as default and every time I have to change it to @my_domain_name.com Is there a way to make the @my_domain_name.com be visible as default and/or is there a way to hide the @my_domain_name.local ? Thank you.
You can manage UPN suffix using Active Directory Domains and Trust console (domain.msc). Right click on your domain name and select properties. On properties page, you will see UPN suffixes tab. Remove the suffix which you dont want to use anymore.
@@MSFTWebCast thanks much! So, the UPN suffix name can be removed but it can't be made as default, so that everytime I do not have to select from the drop down!
Try to create a new AD integrated DNS zones with new names and restart DNS service. The DNS zone data will come up eventually. If not then we can manually create/edit DNS zone files to rebuild DNS after domain renaming. Try first option and let me know how it goes.
This tutorial was amazing. I am an entry-level sysadmin (basically zero experience with running PS with some very basic knowledge of Server Manager). I had to rename a domain on a very small network and these instructions were extremely helpful. I did notice that a couple of my workstations (even after 2 reboots) would not authenticate to the new domain so I had to log in as local admin and change their domain membership manually. A huge thanks for posting this video!!
Glad it helped!
This helped my time.... Thankyou amazing....i just completed my mcsa...and had a hel of time with somebody
dAmaged server...quicklearning with
your videos...
Worth every Minute to watch. Flawless change done. Would rollout a red carpet if i had one.
Wow! Thank You.
This is a Master Class
oopar vaale
Thank you
Hello. Great video and clearly explained, step by step. This is something that an individual can learn on his own lab environment and gain some experience taking over a production environment, so that can evaluate pros and cons.
Thank you for detail and concise demonstration, it is helpful .
Incredible Work on this video
Thank you very much!
Question, i did all the step and the domain name change correctly. but in the 08:44 say change the name but when i try to change the full computer name i cant. its disable the option . say the certification authority services is installed on this computer
You can not rename a Domain Controller if the CA services or DFS-R is running on DC.
@@MSFTWebCast where i can find the CA Service or DFS-R for stopped?
@@joan1346 I mean if you have configured your server as a Certificate Authority then you cant rename the server. I think you have installed AD CS on your server. Check out Installed roles on your server to confirm it.
The content was very helpful!!!! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you soooo much for helping to rename the badass domain. Im so thankful
@MSFTWebCast when you run the "rendom /prepare" that will also update the other DC's in the domain? And the steps you use used to change the DNS name on the DC, will that need to be done on all other servers plus workstations?
Sir, you're the best, you did a great Job❤🎉
Thank you so much for this. Well explained and easy to follow
hello, tried this guide and im stucked in 7:40 where suddenly my password is just changed / unable to use, any idea how it can be like that?
Sorry, I didn't get your question. What do you mean by your password changed? Try to login with UPN, I mean administrator@domainname.com.
Thanks a lot. Very well explained. I've renamed the domain in "my" company's DC without issue because of this.
Glad it helped.
Do we need to add existing workstations in the new domain or will they be added automatically?
I have followed the video instructions to rename my production Active Directory which has two Domain controllers, primary and secondary. After having completed the entire process, the old domain DNS zones are still appearing in the DNS management console. Secondly, in the secondary domain controller, all DNS entries still existed and it looks like it has not been replicated from the primary DC. But the replication is working pretty well while checking in the AD site and services. Appreciate your comments
Can we delete the old one manually? If we do, will it have any impact?
Excellent video. Thank you.
Thank you soo much your videos are really helpful
i like the process just wow
Thank you! Very easy to follow the.
Glad it was helpful!
no words great tutorial amazing tnx much save my life :D
When I try to change server name my server show me message on secreen "The following error occurred attempting to rename the computer to server 1. (Server1 is the name of my server which I want to change)
The specified server cannot perform the requested operation."
sir please help me how i resolve this issue.
Hi MSFTWEBCAST, what will happen to your ADC after this? Do I need to remove it first? What should I do?
Thank you for the great video.
I have two questions:
* is this possible with exchange server already available in the network? if yes, which version of exchange server should i have & are there additional steps should we do?
* is this possible if there is windows XP computers joined to the domain inside the network?
thank you again for your video.
@@faresist6510 no won’t work if exchange attributes are in ad domain
Excellent, thank you
Excellent tutorial. Just out of interest when adding computers back to renamed domain will it create a new user profile when users logon?.
i assume so, did this happen for you?
@@HEADSPACEnTIMING it was something i was wondering if would happen. But abandoned idea in the end as had an on prem exchange server, so it wouldn’t worked anyway.
Good day sir!
How about changing the Trees domain name? It's the same process ?
Sir, can you talk how to add computers in domaine ? I can not do it, i get the error message says that the client can not contacted the controler
Thank you very much for this video. Great video.
I just had an issue and I was helping to get some help please. I followed the video to rename my domain name but now the DNS forward lookup zone of my new domain is missing the sub-folders. The _msdsc is missing the folders dc, domains, gc and pdc.
The new domain zone is missing _sites, _tcp, _udp, DomainDNSZones and ForestDNSZones. I did some troubleshooting steps like repear the gpfixup commands and stop/start netlogon service, also refresh/reload DNS but did not change anything.
Thank you
Follow this guide: servergurunow.wordpress.com/2017/09/29/recreate-the-_msdcs-dns-zone/
If you still face an error, contact me over email.
thank you for asking this question. I had it as well!
Incredibly helpful. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
You help me with a lot of server and domain changes thank you
In my environment we already have Microsoft dynamics (ERP), exchange server and SharePoint. Is there any consideration or any pre/ post rename tasks?
Existing users SID will change?!
Another great tutorial! Really helped me get my domain renamed.
I was able to skip the step of rejoining all of my member servers and computers to the domain by rebooting them all twice and logging in each time before running the RENDOM /CLEAN and RENDOM /END commands. This allowed them to use the old domain name to link to the new domain name, and the reboots allowed the new computer name with the new domain name to take effect.
Still a hassle, but a little easier than removing the old domain and rejoining the new domain.
I did have one question though, after the rename I still have the old forward lookup zones for the old domain name and _msdcs in my DNS console. Is there a way to remove the old forward lookup zones?
Thank you!
If both zones with new dns name are available then you can manually remove it after some time.
@@MSFTWebCast Great! Thank you for the quick reply.
From your information if the step is
- rename domain
- restart memberjoin 2 times
- rendom /clean
it's not nessecerry to rejoin all computer , am i right?
Thanks in advance
You may have just saved me from the worst headaches. I will be doing this tonight! Wish me luck
Thank you. That was very helpful! Any Webcast available about how to execute the Rename when more than one DCs are present?
Not yet, but thank you for suggestion. Soon video will be there.
Thank you, a quick question. After making all those changes, will it impact all the users and servers we have it on the domain, will they still be able to login like before. Is there any other things we need to do ?
You need to reboot all your member machines twice for the change to take effect on all of them. All the users can login normally. Note: Sometimes few client computer faces error related to domain (old) suffix. Maybe you need to fix it manually.
Hi, i have a great problem client can not join the domaine, the error message says that it can not find the controler whereas it can ping it, strange
excelente Aula, parabéns ! somente um duvida se caso eu no remova o DNS antigo as outras maquinas que ja estão no domino poderão continuar acessando como ja estavam ate que eu altere manualmente em cada PC. pois eu tenho muito no meu parque não conseguirei fazer todas alteração rapidamente. obrigado
Missed mentioning steps; what if the domain to be renamed had more than one DC. Also what happens to the user profiles after rejoining the member machines?
Thanks Yatin for the lovely suggestion, I would love to test it. Frankly I haven't test it with two or more Domain Controllers. I will update you once I test it.
Great work. Thanks a lot
Hello. Thank you for your contribution to all the videos you created. I recently took a project renaming the domain controller. and followed your instructions on a virtual environment with one windows10 work station and server 2022 as the domain controller. Everything went super fine but I am not able to log in to the domain from the windows10 workstation. The workstation still shows the old domain name. Is there a way to log in to the new renamed domain and keep the old profile? I did follow the steps on UPN Suffix. I have rebooted the workstation several times and it is still showing the old active directory name
Generally after two or three restart client will have the new domain name. But as you have mentioned that it didn't happened, so you can temporary remove the workstation from the domain and rejoin again to fix this.
@@MSFTWebCast Thank you for your response. In our production environment, we have over 30 workstations. Losing existing profile would not be ideal because all workstations has outlook and mapped network drive.
Excellent good work :)
Thank you very much!
failed to delete rename script on the dn
i have one domain with ad1 and addtional ad2
Worked for me but on my client the primary dns suffix still says the old dns name
Good day sir. I was wondering can you make a tutorial renaming a workstation remotely using Active Directory
There are multiple options to rename domain joined client computer. 1. You can user powershell script. 2. You can user PowerShell Remoting and user PowerShell command over the session. 3. You can psexec utility, connect to remote PC and run PowerShell or netdom command to rename it.
Thank you so much sir
Its really useful.
God bless you
Thank you!
Hello, one doubt, i have 3 server running as AD in my domain, my doubt is, if i change the domain, this will be replicate into the other two? Another doubt, do i need to remove all the computer from the old domain and insert into the new one or the change will be automatically for all computer on the domain?
The domain controllers will be change automatically but for client computer you need to manually remove them from the old domain and join them again to new domain.
So have anyway that Clients without rejoing to new domainame afte rename?
on DC2 will not issued on GPO, how to resolved on DC2?
After running the execution and my server restarting I’m no longer able to sign in to any admin accounts any ideas??
Click on other user to sign in and specify the UPN name manually to sign in.
Look at time stamp 7:40
@@MSFTWebCast I’ve switched to other user and no password that I entered works and allows login.
@@gotcha69112 Are you sure about the username and password? cause I dont think any other issue might be there..
@@MSFTWebCast I never created a new username and password just followed the instructions and restarted so not sure if the password changed cause it’s not accepting the old password
Hello. I have your videos. I am stuck though. I followed up to the updating old and new fpfixup domains and NB with gpfixup. However, I cannot get the pop up message to go away in group policy manager. I am following along on Windows Server 2016 in Hyper V. Any suggestions?
Can you tell me more about the error, what kind of message you are getting when you open gpmc.msc?
@@MSFTWebCast I'm having the same issue. I did the gpfixup /olddns: /newdns: and gpfixup /oldnb: /newnb, when I open gpm, the pop-up will appear again with the same error, which is still trying to contact the old domain. "A referral was returned from the server."
nice video , but this error is still coming up. :The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
in the group policy. please answer me
Did you used gpfixup command? If yes then run dcdiag and check for any error. Check Netlogon service (look for any specific error in event viewer)
Very good presentation...
14:35 damn, there was me thinking this was a simple way, then i realise I still have to manually rejoin all the computers :(
Yeah, it is complicated.
Hi just wanna know renaming the Active Directory Domain Controller will affect any changes on my Exchange server (in my case exchange is installed on the same physical machine with the active directory domain controller )
Let me ask you first, why you want to rename a domain? You cannot rename a domain with Exchange in the schema.
don't do it. Migrate Exchange to office 365 - remove exchange - rename domain.
Hey MSFT WebCast, my _dnsZone did not update and still shows "same as parent folder". In the xml file we did not enter the _zone. What might be the reason? Thank you for the great video
Try to create it manually and if resource records appears, then change the replication scope. Restart the netlogon service and check for the zone data.
@@MSFTWebCast Thank you, it worked :)
Thank you for all the tutorials!
I don't want to do the exercise of removing all pc from domain and rejoin them again in the new domain
Afte rename on server what will happen at client computer side. Will they automatically connect to new domain name? Or do we need to change their domain manually.
We need to change their domain membership manually.
@@MSFTWebCast ok, when can we change UAN suffix of all users?, before changing domain membership or after changing the domain membership?
@@mahadevsontakke6697 Its totally up to you. You can add new domain name suffix using domain.msc console and change the UPN. Or you can change it later on as well.
*Remember to do a backup before attempting this*
After renaming my server and doing everything as instructed, none of my GPO's work. Even making new ones won't do anything.
excellent tutorial, thanks
Glad you liked it
If we change the domain name, all the computer lost his trust-relationship?
Very nicely done
Oustanding! Thanks!!!
Is there a way to rollback the name change if any issue reported?
Backup-restore will do the job. I have never tested it out but what if we follow the same steps to rename the domain again with old name. You need to test it out first in virtual environment.
Hi Bro . Pls can i have link to next video we have 100+ pc here
dear brother, when i command rendom /prepare then show some error
What is the message you get?
@@MSFTWebCast Dear brother thanks it solve by open with administrator
Great tutorial!
thnks very much..
After renaming mail service in exchange not working
Please make videos to configure LAPS
thankyou!
gpfixup gives me an error can you help me?
What error or message appear?
I get specified domain controller could not be contacted ... access denied
I had accidentally not replaced the the first two domain names on the domain list file so I redid the domain list correctly and reuploaded but had to manually add forest after by clicking add new forest under group policy console
Good Knowledge Info
when i try the gpfixup /olddns command i get the following:
Cant retrieve vesionnumber from gpt.ini file in sysvol:
The file is infact in that folder
Please Advise!
Bro next video how to change IT domain users
Thank you!
dear domain is renamed successfully. Now, i exchange server is not working, rejoined to domain i am am able to ping DC but exchange is not working with ECP or management shell. Please advise
Hi, Imtiaz. Send me mail with the error details.
Never ever rename a domain that has Exchange.
Can you do this again, but in english this time?
I think I am not good at English, so if possible please adjust with my "Indian English". Thank You.
hello your computer has a virus
And how do you know?
Jeez that's a hell of accent, I almost got lost throughout the way.....But thanks for the video
Its been my problem from the beginning.
@@MSFTWebCast well, idk if i can tell you to try and change the accent or to just do the videos in your native language. But it's not a huge thing, keep doing the great work
@@MSFTWebCast I'm from the US and understood you perfectly even at 2x speed.. I suggest he listen to more content of people with accents. I love the accent personally. I haven't used rendom for some time and I appreciate the content! TY sir!
@@duskparanormal Thank You.
okk
easiest solution is: Do not rename the Domain in 1st place 😂
Agreed!
Exactly
Despite talking extremely slow, Your accent still sucks, perhaps do this kind of videos in your own language instead?
I dont think "Gujarati" will help either. Note: Gujarati language is my native language.
His accent is fine. Why would you even say a comment like this?!?
@@brad7648 because unlike you, i'm not delusional. his accent is far from fine
@@geekyengineer9245 Whatever you say, Geeky boy. Your comment was rude and disrespectful, even if you find it hard to understand. Now unless you got something nice to say, keep your mouth shut.
@@brad7648 His coworkers think he's a loser, so he has to come troll people that are better than him at his job. 🤡
Hello! Excellent Tutorial. I have a situation:
In a setup, whenever I create an user under the "User Logon Name" I always see two domain names in the drop down: @my_domain_name.local and @my_domain_name.com --where the @my_domain_name.local always shows as default and every time I have to change it to @my_domain_name.com
Is there a way to make the @my_domain_name.com be visible as default and/or is there a way to hide the @my_domain_name.local ?
Thank you.
You can manage UPN suffix using Active Directory Domains and Trust console (domain.msc). Right click on your domain name and select properties. On properties page, you will see UPN suffixes tab. Remove the suffix which you dont want to use anymore.
@@MSFTWebCast thanks much! So, the UPN suffix name can be removed but it can't be made as default, so that everytime I do not have to select from the drop down!
@@aboltabol73 Yes, it cant be made default for future users. Not in my knowledge.
@@MSFTWebCast thank you so much for your prompt response 😊
Amazing. Thank you.
I have a issue where all the dns entries aren't being copied to new domain.
Try to create a new AD integrated DNS zones with new names and restart DNS service. The DNS zone data will come up eventually. If not then we can manually create/edit DNS zone files to rebuild DNS after domain renaming. Try first option and let me know how it goes.