Netbios Domain Name change while upgrading from NT 4

[Hardy]

can anyone tell me if its possible to change the existing
netbios domain name from NT 4 during a inplace upgrade to
windows 2003 active directory ?

thanks in advance

 

[Matthew Kitchin]

It should be possible.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/domainrename.mspx

-Matthew

 

[Oli Restorick [MVP]]

At the simplest level, you can rename a domain after deployment of Server
2003. However, the typical environment has so many other
domain-name-specific elements that I'd recommend avoiding a domain rename
unless absolutely necessary.

Certainly, if Exchange Server is installed in the environment, steer well
clear.

Oli

 

[Herb Martin]

No, I don't believe it is but in any case it is MUCH better to
do BEFORE beginning the upgrade (while still under WinNT).

 

[Santhosh Sivarajan]

No. You cannot do this during the in-place ugrade. You won't see that
option. It will automatically select the existing NetBIOS name.

Santhosh

 

[Hardy]

Thanks for the answers ....!

Maybe it would be better to do that before upgrading ..

Greetngs

Hardy