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Changing Exchange Service Account Name

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by stuart.bennett

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Although Microsoft KB articles say this is not possible, one of our sites (about 50 in all at present) has moved it's exchange servers to a different domain and changed service account name & password. This site is linked via Site connectors to 3 other hub sites (hub-spoke design, but they are not hub dir-replicator site) using override tab for permissions and has 10 or so X400 connectors downstream of it. We have global admin so group permissions were added to hub sites with new domain etc andrather annoyingly it seems to work even though MS state this is not possible. Has anyone else done this ? Frustrated as I was convinced this would not work.

Thanks.

Stuart

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by billl

Stuart,

We are looking at the same thing right now. According to According to Microsoft - Q152808 "In situations where there is more than one Exchange Server computer or site, the only workaround is a complete reinstallation of Exchange Server.But if you look at their "How to Change the MS Exchange Server 5.5 Server Account" whitepaper
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q266/0/41.ASP
it is possible.

So we are gearing up to try the whitepaper procedure in the lab.

Hope this helps,
Bill

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