How to migrate domain profiles

Can anyone tell me or point me to the documentation that explains how to
migrate domain profiles when moving a user and computer from a prior domain
to a new SBS2003 domain?

www.sbsmigration.com

Seriously... any other method doesn't move the profiles 100%.

I could say copy/paste and file and transfer wizard...but it's not 100%

Orlando Bob wrote:
> Can anyone tell me or point me to the documentation that explains how to
> migrate domain profiles when moving a user and computer from a prior domain
> to a new SBS2003 domain?

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Hi,

Thanks for your posting and thanks for Susan's information.

From your description, I understand that you would like to migrate the user
profiles to a new SBS domain. If I have misunderstood your concern, please
let me know.

To preserve client user profiles and settings, you can create a local
profile, copy the original domain profile to the local profile, and then
let the 'Setup Computer' wizard do the task 'map local profile to new
domain profile' for you.

As long as you create your computer accounts using the server manager's "to
do list" you will be prompted to migrate profile information. When you join
the workstations to the domain by using the web site (ie
http://servername/connectcomputer) part of the process of joining the
domain will allow you to migrate user settings. However, to use this
method, you need to make sure that the profile you want to migrate from is
a local user profile (Not a previous domain profile):

1) Before joining the client to SBS 2K3 domain, create a local
profile, and then copy the old domain profile to a local profile.

2) Let the client PCs leave the original domain and live as a
workstation, then add the new SBS Server into the network

3) Use the Setup Computer Wizard in SBS 2003 to join client machines
to the SBS domain: Server Management, Standard Management, Client
Computers, Set Up Client Computers.

4) On the client, access http//<Server name>/connectcomputer to
bring up the Setup Computer Wizard, it will then allow you to map domain
user accounts to local profiles on the machine thus preserving your
profiles: 'Assign Users to this Computes and Migrate their Profiles'.

5) You will Add a domain account to 'Users assigned to this
computer', and then choose the existing local user profile in the 'Current
User Settings'. By Default, the value for 'Current User Settings' is 'None'.

In addition, if you use this method to map your domain account profile to
the existing local computer account when using the Connectcomputer wizard,
the resulting domain account will not have the Outlook Exchange profile
configured automatically, you will need to create the Outlook profile to
connect to your SBS Exchange server.

During server setup, a default .prf file named SBSDefault.prf is copied
from CD to Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.. The setup then updates
two instances of %SBSServer% with the name of the server. During client
configuration (ConnectComputer,) the file is copied to the client folder
'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business Server\Clients' and
%FaxTransport% is replaced with either MSFax XP (for Windows XP) or
SHAREDFAX XP (for Windows 2000).

The easiest way to create the SBS 2K3 Outlook profile is to remove all the
Outlook Profile, make sure Outlook is closed, and then locate to the client
computer folder 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business
Server\Clients', double click sbsdefault.prf, this will automatically
create the outlook profile with the correct settings (which also include
the FAX Transport) for the corresponding domain user.

For more information about how to migrate the user profile, please refer to
the following documents:

Migrating from Small Business Server 2000 or Windows 2000 Server to Windows
Small Business
Server 2003 ---- (Pager 20 --- To migrate user accounts)
<http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...95-b5af-100b89
e02add/SBS_MigratingSBS2k.doc>

Migrating from Small Business Server 4.5 or Windows NT Server 4.0 to
Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;830253

If you have any concern on this thread, I am glad to be of further
assistance. We look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Jerry Zhao (MSFT)

Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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