EASY! How To Properly Rename a Domain Controller in 4 Steps

In this very short video we explained why you should not rename a domain controller using the change button in advanced system properties.

We show you how to rename a domain controller in just four easy steps

The method to rename a DC without blowing it up, is to:
1 - add a second hostname to the machine
2 - make that second name primary
3 - reboot
4 - remove the old name

0:00 Intro
1:27 Add a second hostname to the DC
2:30 Make the second hostname primary
2:55 Reboot
3:00 Remove the old hostname of the DC
4:28 Outro

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I get an error saying "The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted."