I am currently running a Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller. I would like to switch over to a new DC using Windows Server 2012 on the same network and decommission the old DC. This seems pretty straight forward, but I would also like to change the name of the domain and keep all the user profiles.
The current domain controller is tied into ESXi, FreeNAS, and various other server applications.
The goal is to have it so that user1.domain1.local has the same profile when switched to the second domain user1.domain2.local. I would need to manually configure ESXi and some other dependent servers. I would also like to migrate over group policy.
The reason I dont want to migrate the current domain and all of active directory is mostly because of botched installs of Exchange, Lync server, and some other half finished projects that have altered active directory. So I would like to pick and choose what is migrated over.
Is that I am trying to accomplish possible?