Windows Easy Transfer
Hi,
Has anyone had any good experience of Windows Easy Transfer?
The reason I ask is that I have to transfer 100 or so non domain local accounts on PCs & laptops & convert them to domain accounts.
The machines are a mixture of win7 & XP & the server is 2003. The machines have been used for a few years & have a lot of User data on.
Corporate policy dictates that I cannot use roaming profiles, & that the documents & desktop folders are redirected to the home folder. I have already set this up via GPO.
The server is fully setup & I am now looking for a way to make these non domain local accounts to domain accounts as quickly & painlessly as possible.
Thanks
Has anyone had any good experience of Windows Easy Transfer?
The reason I ask is that I have to transfer 100 or so non domain local accounts on PCs & laptops & convert them to domain accounts.
The machines are a mixture of win7 & XP & the server is 2003. The machines have been used for a few years & have a lot of User data on.
Corporate policy dictates that I cannot use roaming profiles, & that the documents & desktop folders are redirected to the home folder. I have already set this up via GPO.
The server is fully setup & I am now looking for a way to make these non domain local accounts to domain accounts as quickly & painlessly as possible.
Thanks
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I realize it will take a while. I am hoping to complete before the end of the year so I think 4 months should suffice...what do you think?
Did you have any issues when you did it?
Did you have any issues when you did it?
I did not have any issues when we used it. The version has changed (newer) but it should still work (which is the reason to test it).
I recall getting a couple done in a day (data volume dependent). So at my rate, 100 computers would take 50 days and that will easily fit into four months.
After testing, you can probably set them to run overnight.
... Thinkpads_User
I recall getting a couple done in a day (data volume dependent). So at my rate, 100 computers would take 50 days and that will easily fit into four months.
After testing, you can probably set them to run overnight.
... Thinkpads_User
I use Profwhiz3 - Allows you to migrate a local user account (Or a current domain account ) to a new domain without having to move anything.
We have done about 6 new servers for clients this year using this program
Works like a charm.
Just make sure that the DNS for the users are pointed to the new domain server
Total time to migrate - about 1 minute - 5 minutes depending on the speed of the PC - you can do 100 users over a weekend
We have done about 6 new servers for clients this year using this program
Works like a charm.
Just make sure that the DNS for the users are pointed to the new domain server
Total time to migrate - about 1 minute - 5 minutes depending on the speed of the PC - you can do 100 users over a weekend
Interesting tool, but I suspect that very large profiles would take time simply because of the volume of data (like a mutli GB OST file). But the tool looks interesting.
..... Thinkpads_User
..... Thinkpads_User
Size of profile doesn't matter - all the tool does is changes the SID to the new domain - It doesn't transfer anything on the drive. You may find that if you have pop3 accounts in Outlook - you may need to put in the password again
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Thank you very much for the pointer on Profwhiz3 . It looks fantastic & I'm very hopeful it can save me a huge amount of time.
I have been reading the documentation & I'm not sure if I understand it correctly but I get the impression that it just points the new domain login to the old local account & it doesn't create a new set of profile folders locally for the new domain account, it just uses the old local account's folders. Can you confirm if that is right?
I have been reading the documentation & I'm not sure if I understand it correctly but I get the impression that it just points the new domain login to the old local account & it doesn't create a new set of profile folders locally for the new domain account, it just uses the old local account's folders. Can you confirm if that is right?
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Also....do I have to create the new domain user account in AD 1st before I run Profwhiz3, or does the program automatically create a new domain account in AD for me. It doesn't state this very clearly in the documentation.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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Thank you very much for the reply.
I will be testing this week with a view to starting properly next week. It looks like this will make this project so much easier.
I will keep you posted.
I will be testing this week with a view to starting properly next week. It looks like this will make this project so much easier.
I will keep you posted.
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Tested Profwhiz3 on a couple of machines today & it all went sweet.
Thanks for the pointer.
Thanks for the pointer.
ASKER
Ta very much
Easy Transfer works (we did the same thing some time back implementing a new server). But test it first so that you gain confidence with the process and also gives you an estimate of how long it might take.
... Thinkpads_User