New Domain Migrating Old AD & Exchange CPickler 12/29/2008 4:47:01 PM I need to set up a new domain on a new server and transfer all the information from the Active Directory and Exchange onto the new server and new domain. How can I do this. I have seen plenty of resources and tools for just adding another domain controller, but our existing server is having major problems with the end computers and so I want to create a new domain to be able to start over, but I don't want to lose information in AD and especially all the e-mails, calendars, etc. from exchange.

Re: New Domain Migrating Old AD & Exchange Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] <meiweb(nospam)[ at ]gmx.de> 12/29/2008 4:52:53 PM Hello CPickler, See my answer in microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory and please use crossposting with a newsreader like outlook express. This prevents you and others to collect/read all answers and maybe you get more then once the same. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm [Quoted Text] > I need to set up a new domain on a new server and transfer all the > information from the Active Directory and Exchange onto the new server > and new domain. How can I do this. I have seen plenty of resources > and tools for just adding another domain controller, but our existing > server is having major problems with the end computers and so I want > to create a new domain to be able to start over, but I don't want to > lose information in AD and especially all the e-mails, calendars, etc. > from exchange. >

Re: New Domain Migrating Old AD & Exchange "Phillip Windell" <philwindell[ at ]hotmail.com> 12/29/2008 5:24:07 PM "CPickler" <CPickler[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BD5E22F9-5F55-4005-9A21-C972957E28A6[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I need to set up a new domain on a new server and transfer all the > information from the Active Directory and Exchange onto the new server and > new domain. How can I do this. I have seen plenty of resources and tools > for just adding another domain controller, but our existing server is > having > major problems with the end computers and so I want to create a new domain > to > be able to start over, but I don't want to lose information in AD and > especially all the e-mails, calendars, etc. from exchange. For the Domain you just: 1. create a new Forest/Domain 2. Create a Forest-to-Forest Trust between the old and new and add each other Administrator Account to the opposite Domain Admins group 3. Build a new Exchange box in the new Domain (could be temporary if keeping the old Exchange hardware). 4. Use the Active Directory Migration Tool to "copy" the users to the new domain. The old Domain is not damaged in the process as long as you "copy" and do not "move" the accounts and also do not tell it to disable the old accounts as it is doing the task. 5. Use ExMerge on the old Exchange to export all the mail box contents from the old Exchange to a "safe place" as PST Files. 6. Use ExMerge on the new Exchange to "import" the PST file saved earlier. This is of course a very crude outline. There is a lot to doing this that is just too much for me to try to detail. I probably wouldn't even attempt it myself all alone and would probably have a open support case with MS or maybe another IT person I had faith in to "back me up" as I went along in case there was trouble. If the new Exchange was temporary and you want to reuse the hardware from the old Exchange then things can get really complicated and there really isn't just "one way" to handle this. I don't know if I even want to dive into all that mess. The whole Exchange mess is really an entirely separate research project to learn besides the Domain situation itself. There is nothing more horrible than a screwed up Exchange situation that wasn't handled properly. -- Phillip Windell www.wandtv.com The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. -----------------------------------------------------

Re: New Domain Migrating Old AD & Exchange CPickler 12/29/2008 6:46:06 PM Thank you very much. I hope my exchange database is fine. "Phillip Windell" wrote: [Quoted Text] > "CPickler" <CPickler[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:BD5E22F9-5F55-4005-9A21-C972957E28A6[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I need to set up a new domain on a new server and transfer all the > > information from the Active Directory and Exchange onto the new server and > > new domain. How can I do this. I have seen plenty of resources and tools > > for just adding another domain controller, but our existing server is > > having > > major problems with the end computers and so I want to create a new domain > > to > > be able to start over, but I don't want to lose information in AD and > > especially all the e-mails, calendars, etc. from exchange. > > For the Domain you just: > > 1. create a new Forest/Domain > 2. Create a Forest-to-Forest Trust between the old and new and add each > other Administrator Account to the opposite Domain Admins group > 3. Build a new Exchange box in the new Domain (could be temporary if keeping > the old Exchange hardware). > 4. Use the Active Directory Migration Tool to "copy" the users to the new > domain. The old Domain is not damaged in the process as long as you "copy" > and do not "move" the accounts and also do not tell it to disable the old > accounts as it is doing the task. > 5. Use ExMerge on the old Exchange to export all the mail box contents from > the old Exchange to a "safe place" as PST Files. > 6. Use ExMerge on the new Exchange to "import" the PST file saved earlier. > > This is of course a very crude outline. There is a lot to doing this that > is just too much for me to try to detail. I probably wouldn't even attempt > it myself all alone and would probably have a open support case with MS or > maybe another IT person I had faith in to "back me up" as I went along in > case there was trouble. > > If the new Exchange was temporary and you want to reuse the hardware from > the old Exchange then things can get really complicated and there really > isn't just "one way" to handle this. I don't know if I even want to dive > into all that mess. The whole Exchange mess is really an entirely separate > research project to learn besides the Domain situation itself. There is > nothing more horrible than a screwed up Exchange situation that wasn't > handled properly. > > -- > Phillip Windell > www.wandtv.com > > The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, > or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. > ----------------------------------------------------- > > >