Recommended best practice for server naming We're currently in the process of upgrading to SQL Server 2012, in the past all servers have been installed with a naming convention which contains a "-" in the middle i.e. TS-DBL01

I'm trying to convince people that it would be better to remove this is, but I'm starting to question if it really is best practice to change this to TSDBL0.

Any advice welcome
I would say, if you have a naming convention, stick to it. Having 3 naming conventions due to chaninging best naming conventions over time, is not OK.