Renaming an MS SQL instance (MS SQL 2005 or higher)

Renaming an MS SQL instance (MS SQL 2005 or higher)

Because I currently had the task …A customer wanted a new server, identical to the existing test or development environment. Background:The customer owns a server with two instances (test and development) and now wants a server for the production environment …Our VMWare colleagues suggest a one-to-one clone, the customer agrees. So what about the MSSQL…