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More info?)
Quest Software makes a AD to AD migration tool that is pretty good.
http://wm.quest.com/products/migrationmanagerad/
NETDOM is a Microsoft Tool found in the support tools of the server CD.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266651/EN-US/
Todd Myrick
"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> thank you very much for the reply. may i know what migration tools to
> enable
> transfer of users to another domain or any recommendations 3rd party
> software? what is NETDOM?
>
> "Todd Myrick" wrote:
>
>> I don't think this is possible if both domains are in the same forest.
>> The
>> initial domain abc.com is the forest root, and can't be brought down even
>> if
>> you switch all the FSMO roles to the new child domain. What you should
>> do
>> is as follows.
>>
>> 1. Bring up new forest called abc2.com (I recommend something .LAN
>> though)
>> 2. Use the built-in migration tools from MSFT, or a third-party tool to
>> then migrate all the users / groups / and computers to the new domain.
>> 3. Setup a trust between the two domains to allow users to login to the
>> new
>> domain from workstations joined to the old domain.
>> 4. Use a login script to run NETDOM to join all the workstations from
>> the
>> old domain to the new domain.
>>
>> Third-party migration tools offer better solutions.
>>
>> Todd Myrick
>>
>> "chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:25CE738A-B4D8-4B42-B7C4-164F94A6EFDA@microsoft.com...
>> >i promote one of my server to domain controller let say abc.com, all of
>> >my
>> > workstation validate user to this server. so i created another domain
>> > abc2.com that are part of abc.com i mean the parent is abc.com, i want
>> > to
>> > replicate all users to abc2.com and promote to parent domain. and bring
>> > down
>> > the abc.com, wat should i do..everytime i down the abc.com, the
>> > abc2.com
>> > look
>> > for abc.com...need help! thank you.
>>
>>
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