Computer migration

ADManager Plus offers both inter-forest and intra-forest computer object migration across the domains in your Active Directory environment.

Prerequisites for computer migration:

Before migrating a computer from one domain to another, ensure that all required prerequisites are met on the selected computer. This process will disconnect the computer from its current domain and join it to the specified target domain.

1. The computer you intend to migrate must be joined to a domain and should be accessible over the network.
2. The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service on that computer should be set to start automatically.
3. Temporarily disable the firewall to prevent remote call failures. If disabling the firewall is not feasible, ensure the following ports are open:
   • WMI/Remote Control (RC): TCP 135
   • WinRM: TCP 5985 (HTTP), 5986 (HTTPS)
   • RPC Dynamic Ports: TCP 49152-65535

Steps to migrate computers using ADManager Plus

1. Log in to ADManager Plus and navigate to the Management tab.
2. In the left pane, click Migration.
3. Under Migration, click Computer Migration.
4. Select the domain from which you'd like to migrate computers in the Source Domain field.
5. Select the computers that you'd like to migrate in the Select Computer(s) to be Migrated field.
6. Select the domain and OU to which you'd like to migrate the selected computers in the Target Domain and Target OU fields, respectively.
7. Under OU Option, choose one of the following.
   • Migrate objects directly to the selected Target OU as a flat list: This option migrates the computer as it is into the selected target OU.
   • Migrate objects along with their OU hierarchy to the selected Target OU: This option migrates the computer and the OU the computer is a part of in the source to the target domain.
8. Under the Account Transition Option, select the Delete source accounts option to remove migrated computer accounts from the source domain.
9. In the Translate Objects section, select the Files and folders option to transfer file and folder permissions from the source computer object to the target domain during migration.
10. Click Preview to view and edit the list of selected computers, then click Review to view the final migration list.
11. Click Migrate Now to migrate the selected computers.