I inherited a Dotted Netbios Domain Name. Technically it is allowed, but it is not recommended. With every new version of software, I cringe in fear that it will come back to bite us again. For example:
- Moving from Exchange 2003 to 2010 was a problem for a while, but it seemed to been resolved and we migrated from 2003 to 2010 with out issue.
- When I tried to upgrade SCCM 2007 to SP 2, it failed as I describe in this thread. I had to install fresh from a slipstreamed installer.
- Most recently, when I try to install CRM 2011 in our dotted domain, it failed. In my reading yesterday, I realized Rollup 4 has the following: “When the NetBIOS name of the domain contains a period (.), the installation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 fails.”
- I still can’t add a new organization, but I was able to restore an organization from a dev server in a non-dotted netbios domain.
- I will add more as I find them.
The problem seems to be that with each new installer, the developers assume that if there is a period in the domain name, then the user has supplied a FQDN by accident.
I have the same issue with upgrading to sccm 2012 sp1, how did you get around your sccm 2007 issue?
Thanks
I had to use the slip streamed version with the service pack included. Basically a re-install (if I remember correctly). I have not moved to 2012 to know what kind of issues I am going to have.