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JR

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Nov 16, 2009, 10:03:50 AM11/16/09
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Hello folks


My company is changing it's domain, and our site is based o IIS6
(Server 2003)

We have the new domain name registred, our ISP is changing the DNS,
everything is going as planned. BUT...

I have a doubt regarding IIS; do I have to change anything IN IIS, or
do I just have to make sure the internet router sends all newsite.com
calls to it?

Jeffrey Ingalls

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Nov 16, 2009, 11:40:01 AM11/16/09
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Hi JR,

A few things come to mind. You may or may not use any of these items but
they are working checking:

1. SSL certificate. If you are using SSL on oldsite.com you will need to
get a new SSL certificate for newsite.com

2. Redirections. Both on oldsite.com (usually not the case but I've seen it
a few times) and other websites you may host.

3. Host header.

Although not IIS related...

4. Check the code. Search for oldsite.com in your webpages and ask the
developers to update them.

All the best,
Jeffrey Ingalls


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JR

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Nov 16, 2009, 12:43:51 PM11/16/09
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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:40:01 -0800, Jeffrey Ingalls
<Jeffrey...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi JR,
>
>A few things come to mind. You may or may not use any of these items but
>they are working checking:
>
>1. SSL certificate. If you are using SSL on oldsite.com you will need to
>get a new SSL certificate for newsite.com
>
>2. Redirections. Both on oldsite.com (usually not the case but I've seen it
>a few times) and other websites you may host.
>
>3. Host header.
>
>Although not IIS related...
>
>4. Check the code. Search for oldsite.com in your webpages and ask the
>developers to update them.
>
>All the best,
>Jeffrey Ingalls

I'm happy/proud to say that all this is covered. My only doubts are
related to IIS "internal" works, so to speak.

Jeffrey Ingalls

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Nov 17, 2009, 11:33:02 AM11/17/09
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There's nothing internal in IIS that refers to DNS records.

The only other item I can think of to check the code of any custom ISAPI
filter(s) installed on the webserver.

A good test to verify if newsite.com works is to edit the hosts. file on a
client machine with the IP address and newname. Browse to the website using
the new name and test the website. If all is well then you've done your job!

All the best,
Jeffrey Ingalls


"JR" wrote:

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JR

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Nov 17, 2009, 1:49:30 PM11/17/09
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On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:33:02 -0800, Jeffrey Ingalls
<Jeffrey...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>There's nothing internal in IIS that refers to DNS records.
>
>The only other item I can think of to check the code of any custom ISAPI
>filter(s) installed on the webserver.
>
>A good test to verify if newsite.com works is to edit the hosts. file on a
>client machine with the IP address and newname. Browse to the website using
>the new name and test the website. If all is well then you've done your job!
>
>All the best,
>Jeffrey Ingalls

Ok thanks a lot :)

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