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Migrate User from OpenLDAP to Active Directory & Change Local Profiles to Roaming Profiles

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:08 AM

Currently I have 500 clients and it's connect to the OpenLDAP server and will be migrating to Windows Server 2012 AD. And I want the user configuration remains the same, as the display on the Desktop, Favorite, Documents, Video, Picture and Music, outlook email configuration, history, and all folders in C:\Documents and Settings\username%\

Can it be a local folder that previous users connect to the LDAP server is replaced or migrated to a New Server Roaming Profiles with Windows Server 2012?

If anyone ever experienced with this and have any suggestions, how? Please advice.

Thanks,

Hendra

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:21 AM âś…Answered

Hi Hendra,

Based on my research, when using ADMT, user profile translation is one type of security translation, and profiles are translated during the migration process.

In other words, the user profiles can be migrated during the migration process of AD accounts.

You can also use a tool such as the User State Migration Tool (USMT) to migrate user data and settings to the users' new computers.

I suggest you perform a few migration experiments before migrating the actual organization.

Here are some related links below that could be useful to you:

Managing Users, Groups, and User Profiles

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974331(v=WS.10).aspx

User State Migration Tool (USMT) Overview

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825227.aspx

User Profile Migration

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/3cef81e8-88f4-4968-9bd1-2e90f239dbe4/user-profile-migration?forum=winserverMigration

Migrating Samba 3 with OpenLDAP to Win2k8 R2 AD

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/0518c3e7-da82-4c96-8866-f29dda62cec6/migrating-samba-3-with-openldap-to-win2k8-r2-ad?forum=winserverMigration

Please feel free to let us know if there are any further requirements.

Best Regards,

Amy Wang

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 4:52 AM

I try using USMT to migrate user profile, it's work.

Now, I'm going to change local profile to roaming, I still have the problem about it, because all Local Profile settings not transfer/copied to roaming...

If you have any suggest, please advice..

Thanks and sorry I'm late to reply, because I'm going to try what you recommended to me.

Regards,

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 12:19 PM

User State Migration Tool (USMT) Overview

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825227.aspx

User Profile Migration

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/3cef81e8-88f4-4968-9bd1-2e90f239dbe4/user-profile-migration?forum=winserverMigration

USMT is definitely the way to go but use USMTGUI and "get going in minutes" as Sam says :-)