Re: New setup vs migration

Will it work even between a 2000 domain and a 2008?
Can it be used even if I use a totally different AD domain name or does it
have to be exactly the same?

> You can use ADMT tool to migrate users, groups and computers to the
> new
> Domain. It will re-acl the profile and you can keep the same profile
> after
> the migration.
> Here is my blogs on ADMT migration:
> http://www.sivarajan.com/admt.html
> Also, is the ADMT info:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...=AE279D01-7DCA
> -413C-A9D2-B42DFB746059&displaylang=en
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...=6D710919-1BA5
> -41CA-B2F3-C11BCB4857AF&displaylang=en
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Andreas Y" <> wrote in message
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>> Assuming that I have an old domain either 2000 or 2003 (with
>> Exchange). The basic concept is that I don't want to migrate
>> automatically but I want to setup a new domain from scratch
>> (Windows2008 with Exchange 2010) in order to avoid all the garbage
>> and to have a cleaner setup. I don't mind recreating all accounts
>> because I can script this but the only real problem will be the
>> cliebnts. If you have 10-15 clients, it's no problem but how can you
>> handlw 100 users in terms of joining them to the new domain and
>> losing their desktop profile? how can I keep their current profile
>> and avoid joining them to the new domain? Can I just make the new
>> domain have the same name as the old and then transfer computer
>> accounts?
>>
>> Based on what you understood from my concerns, please give some
>> ideas.
>>