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Changing server domains 365 on prem

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I am working on changing the domain for our instance of Dynamics 365 on prem. All accounts/groups were replicated with the exact same access. The servers (SQL and 2 Full Servers) have been moved to the new domain. Is there anyway to accomplish this without making new servers? So far I have attempted to update the links in the registry and inside of the deployment manager. Nothing seemed to work on that front, so I attempted a new install on a full server. I am unable to uninstall the program and attempt a reinstall. But the reinstall fails. I get an error message that the "privreportinggroup group is not specified" on the check screen. The group is there and has the correct permissions with the new domain on the DB server and full server.

Continuing from there, the install will start but fail on GrantConfigDBDatabaseAccessAction

This is the error it gives for that.

Action Microsoft.Crm.Setup.Server. failed. ---GrantConfigDBDatabaseAccessAction> Microsoft.Crm.CrmArgumentException: Expected non-empty string. ---> System.ArgumentException: Expected non-empty string. Parameter name: distinguishedName

I have a feeling these are related.

The account performing the install is not a Domain Admin, but the group has been created and has the same DB access that the old domain version has.

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    I have uninstalled dynamics from one server and reinstalled it using a config file. The xml file I created specified the user groups per the example in the link provided.. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/946677/how-to-install-microsoft-dynamics-crm-4-0-with-the-minimum-required-pe 

    I am still not in the clear, but this can at least move you past the install.

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