Hi Henrik Thanks for letting us know. Regards, Paul Lemonidis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrik Walther" <henrik@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 6:16 PM Subject: [exchangelist] Re: Rename W2K3 AD in Forest containing E2K3 ? http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hello Al, Thanks a lot, also got this answered on the MS Newsgroups. I just found it strange that both below MS docs: Understanding How Domain Rename Works http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/docs/Domain-Rename-Intro.doc Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Domain Rename http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/docs/Domain-Rename-Procedure. doc explicitly states Exchange 2000 instead of either Exchange 2000/2003 or Exchange 2000 and later. But then I was referred to below MS KB: Exchange System Attendant Does Not Start After You Rename a Windows Server 2003 Domain: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822590 Regards Henrik Walther www.exchange-faq.dk -----Original Message----- From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 8. december 2003 14:58 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Re: Rename W2K3 AD in Forest containing E2K3 ? http://www.MSExchange.org/ Domain rename is not something that Exchange 200x will be able to cope with. If you have Exchange 200x deployed, you'll want to stay away from domain rename altogether. Not to slight the amount of effort that went into Exchange 2003, but for purposes of what it does and how it interacts with Active Directory, we can in most cases think of it as Exchange 2000.5 ;) -----Original Message----- From: paul_lemonidis@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:paul_lemonidis@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 7:46 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Re: Rename W2K3 AD in Forest containing E2K3 ? http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi Henrik If memory serves it actually says "Exchange 2000 or later". Regards, Paul Lemonidis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrik Walther" <henrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 10:41 AM Subject: [exchangelist] Rename W2K3 AD in Forest containing E2K3 ? > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Hello there, > > I have a quick question. > > I'm aware that you can't rename a Windows 2003 AD domain residing in a > Forest also containing Exchange 2000 Server(s), that can be read in > the MS Domain Rename docs. 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