RE: migrate from windows nt4 to windows 2003



Thank you very much for your help!!!

I want to setup a new machine with with windows 2003 server that will have
the same computer name, the same ip and the same domain name.
I don't want to setup the new pc with windows nt4 and then upgrade to
windows 2003!!!
i want to move the users from NT4 PDC to win2k3 DC

THe ADMT tool will help to this?

Best regards,

Panagiotis Zavogiannis

"Frances [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Good to hear from you.
>
> According to the message, I understand that you want to migrate user
> accounts from an NT4 domain to a win2k3 domain. Is this correct?
>
> I would like to confirm with you that you would choose to set up a new
> win2k3 domain or upgrade the old NT4 domain to a win2k3 domain? From your
> description, it seems that you want to move the users from NT4 PDC to a
> win2k3 DC, that is to say, you will use a new win2k3 domain. If this is the
> case, please use ADMT to migrate users from NT to win2k3. As for the user
> migration, we can use User Migration Wizard in ADMT.
>
> Regarding ADMT, please refer to the following articles.
>
> You can download ADMT from the link below:
> Windows 2000 Active Directory Migration Tool
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/admt/default.asp
>
> Active Directory Migration Tool Overview
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/admt.
> asp
>
> The migration process is as follows:
> ==============================
> 1. Set up two-way trusts between NT and win2k3 domain.
>
> 2. Use ADMT to migrate from NT to win2k3 domain.
>
> Refer to the following article for more information about the whole process.
>
> Migrating Windows NT to Windows Server 2003 using the Active Directory
> Migration Tool
> http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/Migrating_Windows_NT_to_
> Windows_Server_2003.html
>
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> Hope this helps. If you have further concern, please feel free to get in
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> Best regards,
>
> Frances He
>
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