Migrating AD DS objects, users, groups, and Group Policy objects using the Active Directory Migration Tool
For those that have been in and around Active Directory for years or even those new to this technology, the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) has been the go-to tool for quite some time. While ADMT may be an incredibly useful migration tool, the code base has been deprecated by Microsoft, meaning that no further work is being done on this tool. A detailed support policy and known issues for ADMT can be found at the following URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/windows-server/identity/support-policy-and-known-issues-for-admt.
That said, ADMT 3.2 can still be used for migrations and the tool supports the following objects and features for migration:
- User Account Migration
- Group Account Migration
- Computer Account Migration
- Security Translation
- Service Account Migration
- Managed Service Account Migration
- Password Migration (after a...