Active Directory migration Questions


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 Wizard 2007 or Exchange Command Shell? We don’t want [...]

Answer Question   |  April 2, 2009  3:31 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange Command Shell, Exchange Migration Wizard, Exchange Migration Wizard 2007, Forest, Inter-Forest Exchange Migration, Inter-Forest Migration, Inter-Org Exchange Connector
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5 pts.

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 Directory would have [...]

Answer Question   |  August 8, 2008  1:32 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Windows Server 2003
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30 pts.

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?

Answer Question   |  April 5, 2009  6:30 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Group Policy Objects
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110 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  May 29, 2008  7:13 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Active Directory Migration Tool, ADMT, WRN1:7372
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20 pts.

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 the Exchange 2007. These are different forests. we [...]

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2008  1:49 PM
Active Directory migration, ADMT, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Inter-Forest Migration, Public folders
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16,755 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  May 29, 2008  7:54 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Domain Controller, Virtual Servers, Windows Server 2003
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15 pts.

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 trust. I have established a [...]

Answer Question   |  May 12, 2008  1:58 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Child Domain, DNS
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110 pts.

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 so these domains can [...]

Answer Question   |  January 25, 2008  3:08 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, DNS, WINS
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5 pts.