Active Directory Migration

Active Directory Migration server 2003 to server 2008

hi. how can I transfer 2003 server AD to server 2008 without any problem Software/Hardware used: Active directory, windows server 2003, windows server 2008

Migrate from a NT DC to 2003 DC, with single name domian

We have a small network run by a NT 4.0 SP6 DC, with the domain name of "domain". This is a single name domain space, not domain.com or parent.child.com, just "domain". That's issue number one. Issue number two is the DC is running two (2) SCSI drives with four (4) partitions on each drive and...

Migration: Move a user from one domain (Child Domain) to another domain (Parent Domain).

Hi, Please tell me the step that how to move a user from a child domain to the parent domain. Since if we move a user from child domain to parent domain The SID will change The UPN Prefix will be changed and Etc.. In this case how can we migrate. Note: i know that the SID can be maintained via...

How To copy or move active directory to new server

hai, I am very new in Active directory.my problem is i need to move my active directory to a New server .the current server is running on WIN 2003 STD and New is also win2003 STD.only the hardware is changed.dns is not installed on my current server.pls help to migrate my ADS to a new server with...

Can ADMT v3 be used as an export tool?

Can the Active Directory Migration Tool v3 be used as an export tool? And then used to import to a new domain without having to configure a trust between the domains. Thank you. Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

Active Directory spin off

I have a company that is spinning off a big portion of their company into an individual company. This company will be completely independent of the source company but all of the relevant servers will need to be moved to the new company IT infrastructure approximately 90 or so. Several of these...

Active Directory migration question

Hello, My company is currently in the process of migrating. We currently only have one root .local domain, but need to create 3 subdomains below this for different security requirements. So each subdomain has it's own users, computers and printers but still they can share distribution lists and...

Active Directory Migration

I am attempting to migrate a win 2000 AD Domain Controller to a 2003 DC. After trying to run adprep /forestprep I receive an error that The exchange 2000 schema needs to be updated. The exchange server was removed improperly about a year ago, but AD still has a record of the exchange...

Editing Active Directory users offline

Our company has finally gotten in to an Active Directory domain and will be migrating to Exchange 2007 hopefully soon. I have been instructed to edit the users information for the Global address book. I have the tast of inputting 600+ address, phone numbers, and other such information. Most of...

AD Migration to Virtual Servers

What is the best process to migrate an AD environment to Vurtual servers

I am migrating Windows Server 2003 AD to another Windows Server 2003 with different Forest

i am migrating win2003 server ad to another win 2003 with different forest kindly leet me know the steps

Inter-Forest Exchange Migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007

We are doing AD2003 to AD2008 Migration. Two Separate Forests. We already have Two-Way Forest Trust Relationship between both Forests. In an Inter-Forest or Inter-Org, what is the step by step process to migrate mailboxes from Exchange 2003 Org to Exchange 2007 Org using Exchange Migration...

Changing from workgroup to Domain

I have a Windows 2003 server running in workgroup mode, however I now wish to install Micrsoft Exchange and notice that this requires Active Directory. I have some users on a remote site who use remote access to use a program. I was wondering what the effect, if any, changing to domain/Active...

Can I migrate GPOs and user accounts at the same time

When migrating our Active Directory accounts, can we migrate GPO and our user accounts at the same time or do we need to setup GPOs on our OUs and then start the migration?

ADMT Problem - Active Directory Migration Tool v3 to do a Win2k3 to Win2k3 migration

I'm using the Active Directory Migration Tool v3 to do a Win2k3 to Win2k3 migration. Different forrest. my scenarion is that when i m try to migrate a userA FROM domain A to domain B . and that user A is also member of print operators and administrators built in account. when it migrated to domain...

In an Inter-Forest migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007, whats the easiest way of moving Public Folder data?

A question submitted on SearchExchange.com: In an Inter-Forest migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007, whats the easiest way of moving Public Folder data? I am using ADMT to migrate users resources etc. Using exmerge to export Exchange 2003 mailboxes to PSTs and then using import-mailbox on...

Active Directory Migration

Were looking to migrate our current AD. It is setup on two domain controllers running Windows 2003 Server Enterpirse R2. What we want to do is migrate both DC1 & DC2 to two new servers and also test this migration before the actual implementation. I wanted to see if it would be possible to setup...

Migration of child domains from one Active Directory forest to a different Active Directory forest

I have been given a project to migrate one child domain abc in a forest called group.local (abc.group.local) to another child domain in completely different forest call xyz.group.local. Since the forest roots of both forests are the same I cannot easily get DNS to resolve in order to create a...

Active Directory Migration issue

I need to migrate users from a child domain in one forest to a child domain in a second forest. The issue is that the forest root domains are named identically. For sake of simplicity lets call the source domain xyz.group.local and the target domain abc.group.local. I created a WINS relationship...