Sharepoint domain change

Here is my challenge:

I have one MOSS installation in one domain and I have multiple domains that
are trusted to this one domain. now the domain where the MOSS installation is
is about to terminatet and I want to change the domain for the MOSS to one of
the other multiple domains. The sharepoint sites are used by many users so
downtime should be minimal. And of course av rollback plan is needed.

My question:

Does anyone know the best way to do this? or any good walktroughs or some
good resources for information about this?

Fredrik

Hi Fredrik,
This actually should not be too difficult
There are a couple of different ways to do it, but I personally would use
Content Deployment from Central Administration.
Backup your existing farm.
Install fresh MOSS in the new domain as a new farm.
Verify in the Content Deployment Settings that the new Central Admin server
in the new farm accepts incoming Content Deployment jobs. Modify/edit
settings as needed.
Create a new web application and site collection (as many as needee).
Deploy the content from the dying domain to the new-born one.

Please let us know how it goes.

"FredrikH" <FredrikH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:53C79A43-7428-47C7-93AD-4BAFB27AFAE7@microsoft.com...
> Here is my challenge:
>
> I have one MOSS installation in one domain and I have multiple domains
> that
> are trusted to this one domain. now the domain where the MOSS installation
> is
> is about to terminatet and I want to change the domain for the MOSS to one
> of
> the other multiple domains. The sharepoint sites are used by many users so
> downtime should be minimal. And of course av rollback plan is needed.
>
> My question:
>
> Does anyone know the best way to do this? or any good walktroughs or some
> good resources for information about this?
>
> Fredrik

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FredrikH wrote:
> Here is my challenge:
>
> I have one MOSS installation in one domain and I have multiple domains that
> are trusted to this one domain. now the domain where the MOSS installation is
> is about to terminatet and I want to change the domain for the MOSS to one of
> the other multiple domains. The sharepoint sites are used by many users so
> downtime should be minimal. And of course av rollback plan is needed.
>
> My question:
>
> Does anyone know the best way to do this? or any good walktroughs or some
> good resources for information about this?
>
> Fredrik

Thanks for your reply. We are considering to just change domain and not to
reinstall on another server, have you got any idea how this will impact on
the solution or if it is possible at all?

Fredrik

"Mike HAGGAG" wrote:

> Hi Fredrik,
> This actually should not be too difficult
> There are a couple of different ways to do it, but I personally would use
> Content Deployment from Central Administration.
> Backup your existing farm.
> Install fresh MOSS in the new domain as a new farm.
> Verify in the Content Deployment Settings that the new Central Admin server
> in the new farm accepts incoming Content Deployment jobs. Modify/edit
> settings as needed.
> Create a new web application and site collection (as many as needee).
> Deploy the content from the dying domain to the new-born one.
>
> Please let us know how it goes.
>
> "FredrikH" <FredrikH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53C79A43-7428-47C7-93AD-4BAFB27AFAE7@microsoft.com...
> > Here is my challenge:
> >
> > I have one MOSS installation in one domain and I have multiple domains
> > that
> > are trusted to this one domain. now the domain where the MOSS installation
> > is
> > is about to terminatet and I want to change the domain for the MOSS to one
> > of
> > the other multiple domains. The sharepoint sites are used by many users so
> > downtime should be minimal. And of course av rollback plan is needed.
> >
> > My question:
> >
> > Does anyone know the best way to do this? or any good walktroughs or some
> > good resources for information about this?
> >
> > Fredrik
>
>
>

If I understand correctly the domains are on separate physical machines. You
are not un-installing a domain on a DC and re-installing with a different
domain name, correct?
So your problem really is moving the Sharepoint site(s) from where it
resides now (on a certain domain) to a different domain, correct?
If yes, then my approach using Content Deployment is perhaps your best bet.
Otherwise, I would need more info on your environment/configuration.

Regards

"Fredrikh" <Fredrikh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7A5D3CBE-48A9-41FB-AE88-798C39DEB2AE@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your reply. We are considering to just change domain and not to
> reinstall on another server, have you got any idea how this will impact on
> the solution or if it is possible at all?
>
> Fredrik
>
> "Mike HAGGAG" wrote:
>
>> Hi Fredrik,
>> This actually should not be too difficult
>> There are a couple of different ways to do it, but I personally would use
>> Content Deployment from Central Administration.
>> Backup your existing farm.
>> Install fresh MOSS in the new domain as a new farm.
>> Verify in the Content Deployment Settings that the new Central Admin
>> server
>> in the new farm accepts incoming Content Deployment jobs. Modify/edit
>> settings as needed.
>> Create a new web application and site collection (as many as needee).
>> Deploy the content from the dying domain to the new-born one.
>>
>> Please let us know how it goes.
>>
>> "FredrikH" <FredrikH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:53C79A43-7428-47C7-93AD-4BAFB27AFAE7@microsoft.com...
>> > Here is my challenge:
>> >
>> > I have one MOSS installation in one domain and I have multiple domains
>> > that
>> > are trusted to this one domain. now the domain where the MOSS
>> > installation
>> > is
>> > is about to terminatet and I want to change the domain for the MOSS to
>> > one
>> > of
>> > the other multiple domains. The sharepoint sites are used by many users
>> > so
>> > downtime should be minimal. And of course av rollback plan is needed.
>> >
>> > My question:
>> >
>> > Does anyone know the best way to do this? or any good walktroughs or
>> > some
>> > good resources for information about this?
>> >
>> > Fredrik
>>
>>
>>

Hi again, thanks a lot for your help!

Here are some more details:

We have 13 domains, all with trust enabled. We are closing down one domain,
and all that is left is the Sharepoint server and its database. All users
already reside in others domains. There are no physical replacements or
changes involved.

What I am hoping is possible is simply to stop the sharepoint and database
services, then on both servers just changing the domain to which they
belong, reboot and restart services…

From what I have understood the most common problem with this scenario is
related to users and rights, which I think would be ok in this case as they
already reside in other domains. I most worry about IIS being able to connect
to the database after the domain change.


"Mike HAGGAG" wrote:

> If I understand correctly the domains are on separate physical machines. You
> are not un-installing a domain on a DC and re-installing with a different
> domain name, correct?
> So your problem really is moving the Sharepoint site(s) from where it
> resides now (on a certain domain) to a different domain, correct?
> If yes, then my approach using Content Deployment is perhaps your best bet.
> Otherwise, I would need more info on your environment/configuration.
>
> Regards
>
> "Fredrikh" <Fredrikh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A5D3CBE-48A9-41FB-AE88-798C39DEB2AE@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for your reply. We are considering to just change domain and not to
> > reinstall on another server, have you got any idea how this will impact on
> > the solution or if it is possible at all?
> >
> > Fredrik
> >
> > "Mike HAGGAG" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Fredrik,
> >> This actually should not be too difficult
> >> There are a couple of different ways to do it, but I personally would use
> >> Content Deployment from Central Administration.
> >> Backup your existing farm.
> >> Install fresh MOSS in the new domain as a new farm.
> >> Verify in the Content Deployment Settings that the new Central Admin
> >> server
> >> in the new farm accepts incoming Content Deployment jobs. Modify/edit
> >> settings as needed.
> >> Create a new web application and site collection (as many as needee).
> >> Deploy the content from the dying domain to the new-born one.
> >>
> >> Please let us know how it goes.
> >>
> >> "FredrikH" <FredrikH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:53C79A43-7428-47C7-93AD-4BAFB27AFAE7@microsoft.com...
> >> > Here is my challenge:
> >> >
> >> > I have one MOSS installation in one domain and I have multiple domains
> >> > that
> >> > are trusted to this one domain. now the domain where the MOSS
> >> > installation
> >> > is
> >> > is about to terminatet and I want to change the domain for the MOSS to
> >> > one
> >> > of
> >> > the other multiple domains. The sharepoint sites are used by many users
> >> > so
> >> > downtime should be minimal. And of course av rollback plan is needed.
> >> >
> >> > My question:
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone know the best way to do this? or any good walktroughs or
> >> > some
> >> > good resources for information about this?
> >> >
> >> > Fredrik
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Hi again, thanks a lot for your help!

Here are some more details:

We have 13 domains, all with trust enabled. We are closing down one domain,
and all that is left is the Sharepoint server and its database. All users
already reside in others domains. There are no physical replacements or
changes involved.

What I am hoping is possible is simply to stop the sharepoint and database
services, then on both servers just changing the domain to which they
belong, reboot and restart services…

From what I have understood the most common problem with this scenario is
related to users and rights, which I think would be ok in this case as they
already reside in other domains. I most worry about IIS being able to connect
to the database after the domain change.


"Mike HAGGAG" wrote:

> If I understand correctly the domains are on separate physical machines. You
> are not un-installing a domain on a DC and re-installing with a different
> domain name, correct?
> So your problem really is moving the Sharepoint site(s) from where it
> resides now (on a certain domain) to a different domain, correct?
> If yes, then my approach using Content Deployment is perhaps your best bet.
> Otherwise, I would need more info on your environment/configuration.
>
> Regards
>
> "Fredrikh" <Fredrikh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A5D3CBE-48A9-41FB-AE88-798C39DEB2AE@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for your reply. We are considering to just change domain and not to
> > reinstall on another server, have you got any idea how this will impact on
> > the solution or if it is possible at all?
> >
> > Fredrik
> >
> > "Mike HAGGAG" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Fredrik,
> >> This actually should not be too difficult
> >> There are a couple of different ways to do it, but I personally would use
> >> Content Deployment from Central Administration.
> >> Backup your existing farm.
> >> Install fresh MOSS in the new domain as a new farm.
> >> Verify in the Content Deployment Settings that the new Central Admin
> >> server
> >> in the new farm accepts incoming Content Deployment jobs. Modify/edit
> >> settings as needed.
> >> Create a new web application and site collection (as many as needee).
> >> Deploy the content from the dying domain to the new-born one.
> >>
> >> Please let us know how it goes.
> >>
> >> "FredrikH" <FredrikH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:53C79A43-7428-47C7-93AD-4BAFB27AFAE7@microsoft.com...
> >> > Here is my challenge:
> >> >
> >> > I have one MOSS installation in one domain and I have multiple domains
> >> > that
> >> > are trusted to this one domain. now the domain where the MOSS
> >> > installation
> >> > is
> >> > is about to terminatet and I want to change the domain for the MOSS to
> >> > one
> >> > of
> >> > the other multiple domains. The sharepoint sites are used by many users
> >> > so
> >> > downtime should be minimal. And of course av rollback plan is needed.
> >> >
> >> > My question:
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone know the best way to do this? or any good walktroughs or
> >> > some
> >> > good resources for information about this?
> >> >
> >> > Fredrik
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

I'd be very surprised if that worked just like the way you are describing.
Give it a try anyway but only AFTER you backup everything and very
particularly the content database of your site(s). Do it from SQL Management
Studio.
I am almost 100% sure you'll need to re-install Sharepoint in the new
domain, then create a new web application/Site Colelction and add to it the
Content database.
Please let us know how this goes!

--
Hope this helps!
Only my 2 cents! Not authoritative and comes with no warranty or guarantee
of useability, correctness or accuracy!
"Fredrikh" <Fredrikh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F02D51B8-B84B-4535-9B31-C3C78A287E4C@microsoft.com...
> Hi again, thanks a lot for your help!
>
> Here are some more details:
>
> We have 13 domains, all with trust enabled. We are closing down one
> domain,
> and all that is left is the Sharepoint server and its database. All users
> already reside in others domains. There are no physical replacements or
> changes involved.
>
> What I am hoping is possible is simply to stop the sharepoint and database
> services, then on both servers just changing the domain to which they
> belong, reboot and restart services.
>
> From what I have understood the most common problem with this scenario is
> related to users and rights, which I think would be ok in this case as
> they
> already reside in other domains. I most worry about IIS being able to
> connect
> to the database after the domain change.
>
>
> "Mike HAGGAG" wrote:
>
>> If I understand correctly the domains are on separate physical machines.
>> You
>> are not un-installing a domain on a DC and re-installing with a different
>> domain name, correct?
>> So your problem really is moving the Sharepoint site(s) from where it
>> resides now (on a certain domain) to a different domain, correct?
>> If yes, then my approach using Content Deployment is perhaps your best
>> bet.
>> Otherwise, I would need more info on your environment/configuration.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> "Fredrikh" <Fredrikh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7A5D3CBE-48A9-41FB-AE88-798C39DEB2AE@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks for your reply. We are considering to just change domain and not
>> > to
>> > reinstall on another server, have you got any idea how this will impact
>> > on
>> > the solution or if it is possible at all?
>> >
>> > Fredrik
>> >
>> > "Mike HAGGAG" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Fredrik,
>> >> This actually should not be too difficult
>> >> There are a couple of different ways to do it, but I personally would
>> >> use
>> >> Content Deployment from Central Administration.
>> >> Backup your existing farm.
>> >> Install fresh MOSS in the new domain as a new farm.
>> >> Verify in the Content Deployment Settings that the new Central Admin
>> >> server
>> >> in the new farm accepts incoming Content Deployment jobs. Modify/edit
>> >> settings as needed.
>> >> Create a new web application and site collection (as many as needee).
>> >> Deploy the content from the dying domain to the new-born one.
>> >>
>> >> Please let us know how it goes.
>> >>
>> >> "FredrikH" <FredrikH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:53C79A43-7428-47C7-93AD-4BAFB27AFAE7@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Here is my challenge:
>> >> >
>> >> > I have one MOSS installation in one domain and I have multiple
>> >> > domains
>> >> > that
>> >> > are trusted to this one domain. now the domain where the MOSS
>> >> > installation
>> >> > is
>> >> > is about to terminatet and I want to change the domain for the MOSS
>> >> > to
>> >> > one
>> >> > of
>> >> > the other multiple domains. The sharepoint sites are used by many
>> >> > users
>> >> > so
>> >> > downtime should be minimal. And of course av rollback plan is
>> >> > needed.
>> >> >
>> >> > My question:
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone know the best way to do this? or any good walktroughs or
>> >> > some
>> >> > good resources for information about this?
>> >> >
>> >> > Fredrik
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>