Redirecting site via AD DNS

[mrCide]

I'm having a hard time conceptualizing something here, looking for some ideas. We had an internal web server (IIS). We've since moved the application to a 3rd party hosted solution so we no longer have it in house. Because so many users have configuration set to the local server name we left IIS running with a simple redirect to the new public URL.

I want to get rid of this IIS server though, and I can't just change the DNS entry to point to the web site's IP -- it's the sort that requires the actual host/domain name, some virtual configuration, etc.

What's the best way to do this?

 

[theevilsharpie]

I want to get rid of this IIS server though, and I can't just change the DNS entry to point to the web site's IP...

For situations where you need to migrate a server to another provider with minimal user disruption, changing the IP address for the hosts A record is exactly what I'd do. I'm curious as to what's preventing you from doing so

 

[drebo]

For situations where you need to migrate a server to another provider with minimal user disruption, changing the IP address for the hosts A record is exactly what I'd do. I'm curious as to what's preventing you from doing so

A lot of times, hosted web applications will be tied to a specific hostname within the HTTP headers.

You're not really going to be able to do this without the use of an IIS server. That said, you could also install IIS on another server you don't plan to retire.

 

[mrCide]

A lot of times, hosted web applications will be tied to a specific hostname within the HTTP headers.

You're not really going to be able to do this without the use of an IIS server. That said, you could also install IIS on another server you don't plan to retire.

Regarding the former, that's the case.

This is what I was planning on doing but was trying to avoid.

 

[Nothinman]

If you mean that users had bookmarked the server name instead of the URL, just send out the new address and tell them to update their bookmarks. They really shouldn't have been given the server's real name in the first place and doing this now will save you from keeping around useless hardware just to band-aid over your users doing the wrong thing.