Hi all,

I hope that someone can help me.  I have had a good look around and can't seem to find a definitive answer. 

I have a requirement to move an SPS2003 installation from an existing domain to a new one.  All user names and accounts have been migrated to the new AD with their original name and SID information (including SID history) retained.

Is it just a case of installing a fresh copy of SPS2003 including SQL2005 on new servers in the new domain, taking a backup of SPS2003 (ie: database) and then restoring it in the newly created SPS2003 instance?  From what I have read the SharePoint database contains references to the existing domain and this information also prefixes the actual user names themselves - is this correct?

With the advent of SPS2003 sp2 there appears to be an API that can be used to migrate users to a new domain (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;896161).    Is there a utility (commercial or otherwise) or a scripting method that will just go through the entire SharePoint database and make any relevant changes to remove any references to the old domain and to insert the new domain name?  Also, are there any other gotcha's or steps that I should take into consideration?

 Also, just to confirm that I am not migrating versions (ie: SPS2003 to MOSS) but am keeping SPS2003 and just want to move it to a new domain.

 Any assistance much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Simon