Migrating User Accounts

User accounts are the “bread and butter” of domain objects and are among the most important components. The biggest shortcoming of older versions of ADMT was their inability to migrate passwords of user objects, which effectively limited its use. However, ADMT v3.2 does an excellent job of migrating users, their passwords, and the security associated with them. To migrate users, follow these steps:

1. Using your migration service account open the ADMT MMC snap-in (Start, Administrative Tools, Active Directory Migration Tool).

2. Right-click the Active Directory Migration Tool, and choose User Account Migration Wizard.

3. Click Next on the Welcome page.

4. Select the source and target domains on the subsequent page, and ...

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