Migrating To A Windows 2000/2003 Domain Structure

Migrating To A Windows 2000/2003 Domain Structure
Last Updated: 29 Sep 2005
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*** PLEASE NOTE: Link(s), If Provided, May Be Wrapped ***


Check out MS Deployment Guides at:

• http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/feature/2000/feb/0221feature.asp
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/planning/activedirectory/cookbook.asp
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/resources/reskit/deploy/
• http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/win2000/win2ksrv/technote/dommig.asp
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/admt/


Other info can be found here:

• http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/planning/
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/server/features/dirlist.asp
• http://ntmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=7051
• http://www.gigaweb.com/Content/Adhoc/RAH-082000-00014.html
• http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=4692
• http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=15922
• http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21422
• http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8958


ACTIVE DIRECTORY MIGRATION TOOL

• ADMT v1 ................ http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/admt/
• ADMT v2 ................ http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=326480
• ADMT v3 ................ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6f86937b-533a-466d-a8e8-aff85ad3d212&DisplayLang=en


ENTERPRISE MIGRATION TOOLS

• Aelita DMW ............. http://www.aelita.com/products/
• Directory Analyzer ..... http://www.netpro.com/products/#windows
• FastLane DM/Consol ..... http://www.fastlanetech.com/content.cfm?PgID=24
• FastLane DM/Mgr ........ http://www.fastlanetech.com/content.cfm?PgID=21
• Ideal Migration ........ http://www.pointdev.com/us/


PERSONAL NOTES

• Sep 2005: ADMT v3 has just been released.   Many of the
  requested improvements have been provided.  For very
  large migrations, there are still better 3rd party tools
  available, but for small or straight-forward migrations,
  ADMT is very effective.

• ADMT (AD Migration Tool) Version 2, which comes with
  Windows Server 2003, but will work with NT4 and 2000,
  addresses many of the failings of the original version
  of the tool, including migrating passwords.