consolidating domain trees

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Hi Ash,

Your best option is probably going to be using ADMT to move principals
between domains. This is not an ugly process, really.

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"Ashley" <ashley_gilbert@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I found plenty of documentation on moving NT domains to 2000 or 2003,
> but not much on reorganization of 2000/2003 domains.
>
> We have two domain trees one is <mycompany>.com (root domain) and the
> other is <mycompany>.co.uk. Soon we will be consolidating both domains
> in the UK. I would LIKE to be able to move both the .com domain to
> co.uk ,but think it is impossible because .com is the root domain.
> Can someone confirm this?
>
> What is the BEST and EASIEST way to consolidate is??
>
> One option is doing a domain rename once all of DCs are running
> Windows 2003 server and all mailboxes are moved to Ex2003. The
> question here is can we rename a domain to a domain already in use?
> For instance, can I rename the co.uk domain to .com AND basically
> merge the AD info together? It seems pretty far fetched to me...but
> wouldn't mind this for my dream solution ; )
>
> The second option is to move all the contents of one domain in to the
> other using ADMT resource kit tool and then decommission it. It
> sounds to me like this one could get pretty ugly.
>
> I would appreciate any insight on the prob...
>
> Thanks a bunch,
> Ash