Dear All, I have changed my server from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 R2. I am going to change each user from old domain to new domain, for that I have changed it from computer name tab and change the domain name. I want to keep settings of old domain for new domain for each user. How to achieve this?

Hello Bhatt, A useful thread to accomplish"migration from windows 2003 to windows 2008:"http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverMigration/thread/dab33e51-25f4-476c-b173-7e65ee253373Also ADMT tool itself migrates users from windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2.http://remoteitservices.com/content/migrating-users-windows-2003-windows-2008-using-admt-31-0http://blogs.technet.com/b/activedirectoryua/archive/2010/06/25/active-directory-migration-tool-v3-2-admt-and-migration-guide-released.aspxRegards, Ravikumar P

Hello Bhatt, A useful thread to accomplish"migration from windows 2003 to windows 2008:"http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverMigration/thread/dab33e51-25f4-476c-b173-7e65ee253373Also ADMT tool itself migrates users from windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2.http://remoteitservices.com/content/migrating-users-windows-2003-windows-2008-using-admt-31-0http://blogs.technet.com/b/activedirectoryua/archive/2010/06/25/active-directory-migration-tool-v3-2-admt-and-migration-guide-released.aspxRegards, Ravikumar P

Hi Bhavin, You need to maintain the same profile? This behavior is perfectly normal as if you don't Profile translation using admt the user will logon using his domain account, a new profile will be generated. You created a new Domain using 2008 R2? That is not necessary unless you need to use new domain name. Even we can do a domain rename, but its may create issues if not done properly. What are you trying to achieve? You could have transitioned from 2003 to 2008 R2, with holding the same settings. If you have created another domain and you want to migrate the old users from old domain to new domain, you can use the free microsoft tool ADMT 3.2. Microsoft Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=19188 http://www.sivarajan.com/admt.html Kindly let us know your exact requirement, so that we can assist you better.Regards, Rafic If you found this post helpful, please give it a "Helpful" vote. If it answered your question, remember to mark it as an "Answer". This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights! Always test ANY suggestion in a test environment before implementing!

We were running on Win server 2003, now I have installed Windows server 2008 R2 with new Domain Name. ON each client machine, i need to change domain name, by doing this, i need to backup all the data which is stored on client machines C:\Documents and settings\username.domainname directory, in this case, NTUSER.DAT file need not to backed up. and hence, local settings of each user, e.g. printer default settings, etc. are changed and a new profile has been generated, I need to keep old settings with new domain name. Pls. help. Thanks.

Hi Bhavin, Then you need to use ADMT for migrating the computer accounts, user profiles from old domain to new domain. Go through the above links posted earlier for better understanding of ADMT. More at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974331(WS.10).aspx Regards, Rafic If you found this post helpful, please give it a "Helpful" vote. If it answered your question, remember to mark it as an "Answer". This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights! Always test ANY suggestion in a test environment before implementing!

Hi, As iamrafic mentioned, we should use ADMT to migrate users from the old Windows Server 2003 domain to the new Windows Server 2008 domain. He has provided the right link about how to migrate users via ADMT. In addition, please also refer to the following article for details about AD migration. ADMT Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974332(WS.10).aspx Regards, Andy

Hi, As iamrafic mentioned, we should use ADMT to migrate users from the old Windows Server 2003 domain to the new Windows Server 2008 domain. He has provided the right link about how to migrate users via ADMT. In addition, please also refer to the following article for details about AD migration. ADMT Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974332(WS.10).aspx Regards, Andy