I'm trying to drop one of our servers (Server 2008 R2 SP1) down to a Workgroup. Currently, it is on the domain and it was our second backup that we no longer need. I tried a few things that I saw online, and I am not having any luck. I tried sconfig in the command prompt, but that did not do anything – just generated an error. I know it probably is because it is not server core, but I thought I would just do it for kicks.
I wanted to know if there was anyway instead of the normal workgroup droppage that I could do before I resorted to that way. Also, once the server is on the workgroup is it okay to use this server elsewhere? As in moving it to a different location and joining a different domain?
I already removed all the roles from the server so that part is done. Please let me know if I need to do anything else because this is the first time I am actually dropping a server from the domain.
Best Answer
Right click on My Computer Select Properties Click on Change Settings under Computer Name, domain, and workgroup settings Click Change on the Computer Name tab Select Workgroup from the radio buttons and put in the name of the workgroup you want to use, click OK Restart as prompted
And yes, it's fine to add this machine to another domain if you desire, assuming it's not infected/misconfigured etc but it's almost always better to format the disks & do a clean OS reload if you are not keeping any of the services currently on the box.