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Copper Contributor

Jun 11, 2018

Copying AD Users and Computers from Windows Server 2012 and Adding it to Windows Server 2016

Hi, I'm trying to copy all the Users and Computers in Active Directory and paste into a new domain controller that is a new forest on the same network but not sure how to do that, is there an eas...

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Dave Patrick
Jun 15, 2018
Something here might help.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/8ed792f0-9706-4b2a-8070-b16bdb202025/admt32-pes-unable-to-establish-a-session-with-the-password-export-server-accounts-are-already?forum=winserverMigration

Dave Patrick

MVP

"just copy the roles"

What is meant here? To copy the users ADMT should be the tool to use. Something here may also help.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/7a70f7eb-fb87-4a3f-89ce-511d0841b7cd/using-powershell-export-amp-import-users-in-active-directory?forum=ITCG

Pavel Reuk

Copper Contributor

Jun 11, 2018

Do you know if it will copy all the user windows credentials?

Thanks.

Dave Patrick
MVP
Jun 11, 2018
I think you can do.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1838

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56570
- Pavel Reuk
  Copper Contributor
  Jun 11, 2018
  Will this need to be installed on the old server to copy all that data?
  
  Thanks a lot for your help!
  - Dave Patrick
    MVP
    Jun 11, 2018
    You can follow along here with step-by-step;
    
    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11996.admt-3-2-interforest-migration-part-1.aspx

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