Change SAP Windows user's names

Hi
We have a SAP landscape with 3 systems:
PAD (Development)
PAQ (Quality Assurance)
PAP (Production)
We have also an XI landscape with 2 systems:
XID (Development)
XIP (Production)
Each one is a Windows Server, and this systems were installed in a Windows Domain.
As a result, the following users were automatically defined in the Domain:
<SAPSID>)adm
SAPService<SAPSID>
Now we are going to change all of our servers to another Domain, and in the new domain we canu2019t have the same user names (security name's policy).
We have to use the following names:
SYSVWNV<SAPSID> instead of <SAPSID>adm
SYSVWNA<SAPSID> instead of SAPService<SAPSID>
Does SAP allow to change the names of this users?

Hi,
My First Answer is No and and please dont do this .
I dont think SAP will support.
But Still if you want to go you have to perform lot of R&D specific to your OS.
Most probably you want to look [HERE|http://www.dataxstream.com/2009/08/changeuidsidadm/]
But Still we suggest not to change <sidadm> user id .
Regards,
Gagan Deep Kaushal

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