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Video: Rename a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller

  • ·Skill level: 500 (Advanced)
  • ·Run Time: 13:30
  • ·Instructor: Grant Moyle

Description:

In this video tutorial you will take a look at how you can go about renaming a domain controller, which might seem a little risky for a large environment, as well as checking to make sure that your name change was successful.

Highlights from this video:

  • What happens during a domain re-name?
  • How to change computer name
  • Using Event Viewer to manage name change

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Grant Moyle

Grant A. Moyle is the founder of Confuzer Inc, an Illinois-based Windows, Exchange, and Networking consulting firm specializing in Implementation and Troubleshooting Active Directory and Exchange. He has been a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) since the days of NT4 and a Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP) since 2003. He has a Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering background from Johns Hopkins University, and over 10 y... (Grant's full bio can be found here)

Chapter 9: Active Directory: Setup, Configuration, Domains and Forests
1 Active Directory Management: Adding a New User
2 Active Directory Management: Basic Group Management (Mixed Mode)
3 Create a User Account in the Active Directory
4 How to Raise Domain and Forest Functional Levels
5 Raise Domain Functional Level
6 Remove the Last Domain Controller from the Domain (via DCPromo)
7 User Principal Names: How to Use UPNs to Logon to Your Active Directory
8 Defragment the Active Directory Database
9 Force Removal of a Domain Controller
10 How to Move the Active Directory Database Files to a Different Path (New Location)
11 How to Perform Metadata Cleanup When a Domain Controller Is Removed Using a Method Other Than DCPromo
12 Resetting the Directory Service Restore Mode (DSRM) Administrator Password with NTDSUtil
13 Time Synchronization Using Active Directory
14 FSMO Role Transfer with NTDSUtil.exe
15 FSMO Role Seizure with NTDSUtil.exe
16 How to Remove a Broken Domain Controller with NTDSUtil.exe
Rename a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller
18 Active Directory Password Management: Creating Complex Password Policies
19 Create a Template User and Modify Schema to Control Copied Attributes
20 Configure Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Emulator as a Reliable Time Source
21 Part 1 - Adding Additional Domain Controllers to Your Domain
22 Part 2 - Adding Additional Domain Controllers to Your Domain
23 Pt. 1 - Discussion of Using FSMO Roles and an Overview of the Five Domain FSMO Roles
24 Pt. 2 - Using the Forest FSMO Roles: The Schema FSMO and the Domain Naming Master FSMO
25 Pt. 1 - Discussion on Private Namespace Domains and Building the LearnItFirst Local Domain
26 Pt. 2 - Building A Second Domain Controller For The LearnItFirst Local Domain
27 Pt. 3 - Installing and Configuring Additional Domain Controllers
28 Pt. 4 - Configuring Active Directory Sites
29 Pt. 5 - Setting and Raising Domain and Forest Functional Levels

NOTE: This video is part of our Windows Server 2003 Administration course.
This video is from Chapter 9: Active Directory: Setup, Configuration, Domains and Forests

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