How to Change the Log-On Domain Name Prompt

[Guest Tom Celica]

Hello, our company has changed their name, and I don't want to change the

Domain name. Our Exchange server is already accepting email for both the old

domain name and the new domain name. I heard that we could change the name

of the domain presented to the user, at the logon prompt.

 

I want to Administratively make it appear as if I have changed the Domain

Name, without doing too much work.

 

Here is what I would like presented to the user at log-on

Username: gjetson

Password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Domain: New-domain-Name

 

Thanks

-tom

[Guest Brian Delaney [MSFT]]

RE: How to Change the Log-On Domain Name Prompt

 

Hi Tom,

 

You cannot change the domain name at the logon prompt without migration

into a new domain or performing a domain rename if you are at 2003 FFL.

Neither of which are a simple task and require extensive planning and

execution.

 

Some customers I have worked with have worked around this problem by using

UPN (User Principal Name) to logon. You can have the user logon with

myname@newdomain.com in the username box without requiring them to select a

domain from the drop down list. You can even completely remove the drop

down list forcing them to logon in such a manner. You can setup the UPN

suffix by using AD Domains and Trusts and going to the properties of Active

Directory Domains and Trusts. The newly created suffix must then be

assigned to the accounts you wish to use it using AD Users and Computers.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Brian Delaney

Premier Field Engineer

Microsoft Canada

 

http://www.microsoft.com/premier/

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| Subject: How to Change the Log-On Domain Name Prompt

| Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:48:13 -0800

|

| Hello, our company has changed their name, and I don't want to change the

| Domain name. Our Exchange server is already accepting email for both the

old

| domain name and the new domain name. I heard that we could change the

name

| of the domain presented to the user, at the logon prompt.

|

| I want to Administratively make it appear as if I have changed the Domain

| Name, without doing too much work.

|

| Here is what I would like presented to the user at log-on

| Username: gjetson

| Password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

| Domain: New-domain-Name

|

| Thanks

| -tom

|

|

|