Thank you for the information. Changing that setting doesn’t seem to work. I think that is just for the updates, not the actual management console. I waited for about one hour.
I have also tried editing the advanced setting within the “Server Messaging Configuration: Primary Server Address” on the laptop console. That didn’t work either.
The clients are still listing the old server within the troubleshooting settings (see attached image).
I have re-deployed the client software on two workstations and these do connect to the production server. These connect without any obvious issues.