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NT 4.0 to 2003 Standard Migration
I have a client that wants to get rid of his POS NT box & put in a new server. My understanding is that he has a Dell but unsure of the model. Email is external. He has 30 users & several applications that are on that box. He wants to re-address user level security as I think there is none. Is there anything I should look out for in this? I know - DNS DNS DNS but outside of that, is there anything else I should be concerned with?
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Oh I agree. I wouldn't migrate users.
Run the compatibility wizard on the Windows 2003 CD on the Dell box and see if anything makes it fail. That'll tell you whether it's even worth it to upgrade the POS (acronym can be taken both ways).
I would agree with aindeicato on the fact that if it had NT on it, it's probably pretty old and 2003 will not run well. Might as well purchase a new box, install 2003. You can use the ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) to port the users over to the new 2003 domain (available on MS website).
I would agree with aindeicato on the fact that if it had NT on it, it's probably pretty old and 2003 will not run well. Might as well purchase a new box, install 2003. You can use the ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) to port the users over to the new 2003 domain (available on MS website).
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30 users doesn't seem like too many..
I would go with a fresh install of 2003.. have native AD accounts by recreating all 30 users. Create new home directories and manually copy their data back.
You have no benefit of bringing over that old NT4 junk.
The only drawback here is rejoining 30 machines to the domain again.