RE: User Account Migration to New Server

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Hi,

Thanks for your response.

Am I to understand there's no way to move accounts with their passwords and
permissions? Is there no way to manually move the registry entries for
account passwords or something?

Cheers,
Tim.

"Morgan che(MSFT)" wrote:

Dear Tim,

Thanks for posting here.

This is Morgan from Microsoft. I will be assisting you on this issue.

From your description, I understand that you attempt to migrate all user
accounts between Windows Server R2 in a workgroup environment. If there is
any misunderstanding, please feel free to let me know.

Typically speaking, USMT cannot be used to migrate user accounts. Also, it
should be used in a domain environment, because the connectivity to a
domain controller of migrated user is required by the "Loadstate" to
determine the SID of the destination profile. More information about it,
please refer to:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/cits/dsd/bdd/bddusmt.m
spx

Moreover, there is no Microsoft tool to migrate users between two workgroup
computers.

Here, I would like to share with you an alternative workaround for your
reference.

You can manfully recreate these user accounts on your new server according
to the old server. If there is numerous user accounts that need to be
added, we can consider using "Addusers.exe" to perform this task. About how
to use "Addusers", please view the below article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/199878/en-us

I hope this helps. If anything is unclear, please feel free to let me know.

Have a nice day!

Sincerely
Morgan Che
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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--->I have an old small office server (2003 R2 Standard x86) and want to
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--->Enterprise x64) on the new server, and setup all the sharepoint
websites and
--->services that run on the old server. This has all gone fine.
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passwords
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them
--->being under domain controllers? The two servers are in a workgroup so I
can't
--->use ADMT. Is there a USMT version or something similar that supports
server
--->2003?
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--->Many thanks in advance,
--->Tim Morgan,
--->Imaging and Displays Research Group,
--->De Montfort University.
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