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AD OU migration

Dear experts thanks in advance.

Mu Organization asked me to do the below task.

We have single forest called cb.gov.qa with windows 2008R2 installed. Need to create a new forest called uatcb.gov.qa with windows 2012 and move Ous from windows 2008 to new forest. How would I start the work.

Please guise me...

Mark Bill

Honestly now I have worked for a few companies that were in a serious state IT wise when I started there this reminds me of one, why would we create a new forest?

Will Szymkowski

Ous from windows 2008 to new forest.

Moving OU's between forest is not possible. You will only be able to migrate the following...
- user accounts
- computer objects
- groups
- contacts

See the below link for details
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974335(v=ws.10).aspx

Also you do not have to create a new forest just create a new UPN Suffix. If you want to go to 2012 you can upgrade within the forest as well.

Will.

JJ KR

ASKER

Dear all sorry and apologize Please find the exact scenario .
we have a domain called cb.gov.qa and organization wants to export all the users accounts inside a particular OU and import it to a new forest called uatcb.gov.qa . please suggests

Will Szymkowski

You would stand up a new AD Forest, setup DNS and a Forest Trust between the forests and then use ADMT to migrate Users to the other forest.

ADMT Download
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/active-directory-migration-tool-versions-and-supported-environments(v=ws.10).aspx

Will.

JJ KR

ASKER

Please provide me a whole procedure from scratch .

Mark Bill

Will is the man :) bowing out.

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