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Hey guys this posting seems helpful for me. I am migrating from novell to active directory. Do anyone have scripts that will migrate all shared drives,printers and user profiles to AD. I need logon scripts which will map the drives accroding to the user's groups.

Thanks for the posting.



v-dashe wrote:

Hello Bill,How's everything going?
17-Mar-08

Hello Bill,

How's everything going?

I'm wondering if the suggestion has helped or if you have any further
questions. Please feel free to respond to the newsgroups if I can assist
further.

David Shen
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:36 AM
Bill wrote:

Novell Migration
can somebody tell me the simplest way to map drive letters in a logon
script that will run for everyone who logs into an AD tree? ex. map
drive letter G: to a volume on a server.

thanks,
Bill

On Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:37 AM
v-dashe wrote:

Hello Bill,Thank you for posting in newsgroup.
Hello Bill,

Thank you for posting in newsgroup.

According to the description, you want a logon script to map drive letters
for everyone to run when they logon the domain. If I have any
misunderstanding, please feel free to let me know.

Based on my research, here are some information which may be helpful for
you.

Analysis and Suggestions:
========================

1. You may write a VB script file according to the following example. The
script file should be saved on the domain controller with the .vbs file
extension.

An example VB script of Map driver letter:

Dim net
Set net = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
net.MapNetworkDrive "P:","\\servername\sharename","True"

(Please note: This is just a sample code for your reference. We cannot
guarantee the script will work normally in your environment although it
works on my test machines. Please test it first and make necessary
adjustments.)

2. After that, you may configure a GPO to apply the user logon script and
link it to the domain level.

Please refer to:

How to assign scripts in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322241
(This should be also applied to Windows Server 2003)

3. Please grant the "Domain Users" group with "Read" share permission and
"Read and Execute" NTFS security permission on the logon script folder.

For more reference:
==================

Overview of Logon, Logoff, Startup, and Shutdown Scripts in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198642

The Logon Script Does Not Run During the Initial Logon Process
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302104

Hope it helps. Thanks.

David Shen
Microsoft Online Partner Support

On Sunday, March 09, 2008 10:58 PM
v-dashe wrote:

Hello Bill,We wanted to see if the information provided was helpful.
Hello Bill,

We wanted to see if the information provided was helpful. Please keep us
posted on your progress and let us know if you have any additional
questions or concerns.

We are looking forward to your response.

David Shen
Microsoft Online Partner Support

On Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:21 PM
Bill wrote:

yes, thank you.
yes, thank you.
is there any way of setting up specific drive mappings by users in a
certain OU? how about mapping "home" directories to a certain drive letter?

there must be lots of people who have wanted to duplicate novell login
scripts in the ADS context - can you recommend any good resources on
this subject?

many thanks,
Bill


David Shen [MSFT] wrote:

On Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:59 AM
v-dashe wrote:

Hello Bill,Thanks for your feedback.
Hello Bill,

Thanks for your feedback.

For your further question about driver mapping letter, here is some
information which may be helpful for you.

Suggestions:
============

1. You can create different domain based GPOs and link them to different
OUs. In different OUs' GPOs, we can assign different logon scripts which
map related shares as the home directories.

Please refer to:

How to assign scripts in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322241

HOW TO: Assign a Home Directory to a User
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320043

How to assign a home folder to a user
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313

2. Alternatively, you may simply assign a specific driver mapping letter to
map home folder by domain users in the "Active Directory Users and
Computers" console.

To customize the driver mapping letter of home folder, please follow the
steps:

a. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.

b. Expand the certain OU, right-click the domain user account in the
certain OU , and then click Properties.

c. Click the Profile tab.

d. In Home Folder, select "Connect", and then select the specific driver
letter that you want (ex. G:\), type in the UNC path of the directory
folder on a server.

Please note: you need to grant "domain users" group with at least "Change"
share permission and "Modify,Write" NTFS security permission on the
directory folder on the server.

e. Make the domain user logon the domain, domain users can change the
target folder location of their My Documents folders by clicking Start,
right-clicking My Documents, clicking Properties, and then click on the
"Move" to specify a new mapping driver letter(ex. G:\)

Besides, For your concern about duplicating Novell login scripts in the ADS
context, we have a guide for migrating files, print and Directory Service
from Novell NetWare to Windows Server 2003, which may be helpful for you.

For more details, please refer to:

Solution for Migrating File, Print, and Directory Services from Novell
NetWare to Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=19BE5289-37A8-469C-
B03A-70A189E8314F&displaylang=en

Add a home folder to a profile
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/2f2fb575-43a8-4c01-b3
cd-1ce9b78281cb1033.mspx?mfr=true

Hope it helps. Thanks.

David Shen
Microsoft Online Partner Support

On Monday, March 17, 2008 8:07 AM
v-dashe wrote:

Hello Bill,How's everything going?
Hello Bill,

How's everything going?

I'm wondering if the suggestion has helped or if you have any further
questions. Please feel free to respond to the newsgroups if I can assist
further.

David Shen
Microsoft Online Partner Support


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