Is it possible to change the NetBIOS Uppercase and Lowercase letters?

Question

During the domain setup process we accidentally put the NetNIOS as OURCOMPANY.

the management requested us to make it as OurCompany instead.

is that possible or we need to reinstall everything again!

Solution

1. NetBIOS names are case aware but case insensitive.

2. NetBIOS names are represented in upper case regardless of actual case.

3. It isn't possible to specifiy the NetBIOS name in anything other than upper case. During the DCPROMO process (using the advanced installation mode) typing the NetBIOS name in anything other than uppercase will always result in the name being uppercase.

So in short, it isn't possible to rename the NetBIOS name in mixed case.

Comments

[mythofechelon]

One of our client's ADDS NetBIOS domain names is in camel case so it can be done.

[bao7uo]

It is relevant to 2012 R2. technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781575(v=ws.10).aspx

[mythofechelon]

Here's an example of one of our Active Directory Domain Services' NetBIOS domain names shown on the logon screen: i.imgur.com/K3NvzCs.png