Multiple Domain Consolidation Migration

Sometimes it is better to migrate to a new forest and domain, instead of bringing along the baggage of a legacy Active Directory. This includes needing to consolidate names, concerns with the legacy Active Directory schema, or simply to consolidate Active Directory services. The consolidation migration allows an administrator to, in effect, start fresh with a clean installation of Active Directory. Figure 16.9 shows an example of the migration scenario used in this section, where the companyabc.com and asia.companyabc.com will be consolidated to a new forest with the domain companyxyz.com.

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