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Hi,<br />
<br />
Check this <br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974332(v=ws.10).aspx" rel="ugc">ADMT Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains</a><br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mergers_acquisitions_active_directory_prune_and_graft_restructuring_support_limitations(v=ws.10).aspx" rel="ugc nofollow">Active Directory Merger, Acquisition, and Divestiture: Restructuring Limitations</a><br />
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Hope that helps :)
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Hi,

Check this

ADMT Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974332(v=ws.10).aspx]

Active Directory Merger, Acquisition, and Divestiture: Restructuring Limitations [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mergers_acquisitions_active_directory_prune_and_graft_restructuring_support_limitations(v=ws.10).aspx]

Hope that helps :)

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Mahesh<br />
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My research seem to come out the same, would be nice if someone else has the same conclusions, as The is a Migration project I doe have users or computers move yet so that's not a issue but I cannot see the customer paying for a rebuild..
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Mahesh

My research seem to come out the same, would be nice if someone else has the same conclusions, as The is a Migration project I doe have users or computers move yet so that's not a issue but I cannot see the customer paying for a rebuild..

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Hi<br />
<br />
We have recently built a new forest with one domain in it its all 2008r2 and at this stage it has exchange 2010 all setup ready to migrate to.. Now the managment want to know if i can move the root domain and have a empty domain as the root..<br />
<br />
A/ Can this be completed and what are the risks?<br />
B/ If so How?
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Hi

We have recently built a new forest with one domain in it its all 2008r2 and at this stage it has exchange 2010 all setup ready to migrate to.. Now the managment want to know if i can move the root domain and have a empty domain as the root..

A/ Can this be completed and what are the risks?
B/ If so How?

forest restructer

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