Join Domain after the fact

• dan-572483

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  September 19, 2013 at 3:59 pm

  #283433

  I'm considering building a Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain with VMs for my home lab for my own education & exam preparation. I have a Windows 2008 R2 VM with SQL 2012 in Workgroup mode I've been using for about a year. Can I join this VM to a new domain and have full functionality with domain security & other SQL VMs or does SQL 2012 need to be installed AFTER the server joins a Domain?