max naming length
Dear ,my company wants to do naming convention but the problem is the new names will be more than 15 lettersso we use windows server 2003 , will the names with more than 15 effect anything in our network ???Regards,
April 21st, 2009 1:02pm
hi there, yes the maximum lenght you can assign is 15 character and 16th character is used for identity .please follow the below article for more information http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/909264sainath
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April 21st, 2009 1:41pm
thanks for replying,as it is mentioned that domain computers can be between 2 - 24so i can make more than 16 is that right??Regards
April 21st, 2009 2:38pm
hi there,yes for DNS name your can give upto 24 .sainath
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April 21st, 2009 3:39pm
thanks again sorry i didn't get it , what they mean by domain computers ?? are they mean Domain Controllers , or the DNS name it self as DNS.com ??really thanks for your efforts
April 21st, 2009 5:32pm
Hi,
It means all computers joined to the domain. It includes domain controllers, member servers and clients.
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April 22nd, 2009 6:22am
thanks for your help
April 22nd, 2009 8:52am