RE: Migration Of User
- From: v-stezhu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Steven Zhu [MSFT])
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:30:38 GMT
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for posting here.
According to your description, I understand that you would like to migrate
user in Windows 2000 Server to SBS 2003 Server. If I have misunderstood the
problem, please don't hesitate to let me know.
First, we strongly suggest you strictly follow this white paper to migrate
Windows 2000 Server to SBS 2003 Server:
Migrating from Small Business Server 2000 or Windows 2000 Server to Windows
Small Business Server 2003
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49928
Also, if you want to migrate the user's profile from Windows 2000 domain to
the new SBS 2003 domain, a manual way is documented in the KB article
''314045 HOW TO: Restore a User Profile in Windows 2000 -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314045''.
Another way is to 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) Add the SBS Server into the network
3) Use the Setup Computer Wizard in SBS 2003 to join the (now) XP
Pro 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 \\%sbsserver\clients\Setup. 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'' (or ''\\SBS2003Server\clients\Setup'' if the folder is not
created on the client computer,) 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.
If you have any questions or concerns related to this issue, please let me
know. I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you.
Have a nice day.
Best Regards,
Steven Zhu
MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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