Choose a migration store type
One of the main considerations for planning the migration is to determine which migration store type best meets the organization's needs. As part of these considerations, determine the following items:
- How much space is required to run the User State Migration Tool (USMT) components on the source and destination computers.
- How much space is needed to create and host the migration store.
- Whether a local share, network share, or storage device should be used.
- Ensure that user date integrity is maintained by encrypting the migration store.
In this section
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Migration store types overview | Choose the migration store type that works best for the organization's needs and migration scenario. |
| Estimate migration store size | Estimate the amount of disk space needed for computers in the organization based on information about the organization's infrastructure. |
| Hard-link migration store | Learn about hard-link migration stores and the scenarios in which they're used. |
| Migration store encryption | Learn about the using migration store encryption to protect user data integrity during a migration. |