Windows NT migration to Windows 2003 Server

danafoo · 03-05-2009, 11:49 AM

Hello All,

I work at a small company with about 20 users. Their current domain/file server is an old NT 4.0 box which is in dire need to be replaced/thrown out. I have brand new Dell server with Windows 2003 server installed on it and would like to move everyone over to the new server.

This is my question. What is the most painless way for me to migrate those 20 users to the new server, and de-commission the old server?

Except for two shared folders on the old server, everything is being kept local on the client computers. And out of the 20 users, about 5 users, use the 10GB worth of data stored on old server.

I was doing some searching and thinking I could maybe just use the MS (admt) Active Directory migration tool to transfer the users with their passwords to the new server, and use MS FSmigrate to transfer that 10 GB worth of data.

I'm not a MCSA, or MCSE, but I have had about a semester of basic networking and programming, so any assistance would be appreciated.

**bilbus** · 03-06-2009, 02:13 AM

Since this is a long process, you would be best off to read about the process

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...t4domtoad.mspx

This is a fairly complex process, if you fail you will kill your current domain.

**lorjack** · 03-07-2009, 06:56 PM

You should definitely backup up EVERYTHING before you start

03-05-2009, 11:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
danafoo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: mac	Windows NT migration to Windows 2003 Server Hello All, I work at a small company with about 20 users. Their current domain/file server is an old NT 4.0 box which is in dire need to be replaced/thrown out. I have brand new Dell server with Windows 2003 server installed on it and would like to move everyone over to the new server. This is my question. What is the most painless way for me to migrate those 20 users to the new server, and de-commission the old server? Except for two shared folders on the old server, everything is being kept local on the client computers. And out of the 20 users, about 5 users, use the 10GB worth of data stored on old server. I was doing some searching and thinking I could maybe just use the MS (admt) Active Directory migration tool to transfer the users with their passwords to the new server, and use MS FSmigrate to transfer that 10 GB worth of data. I'm not a MCSA, or MCSE, but I have had about a semester of basic networking and programming, so any assistance would be appreciated.

03-06-2009, 02:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 949 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: Windows NT migration to Windows 2003 Server Since this is a long process, you would be best off to read about the process http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...t4domtoad.mspx This is a fairly complex process, if you fail you will kill your current domain.

03-07-2009, 06:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: Windows NT migration to Windows 2003 Server You should definitely backup up EVERYTHING before you start