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USMT 10: How to Migrate Windows User

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User Profiles can be migrated to a New Account, New PC, or New Domain

Requirements

All we need is MS USMT (User State Migration Tool). USMT is part of Microsofts free to use Windows ADK 10

To migrate two domain accounts (User1 and User2)

  1. 1.Log on to the source computer as an administrator, and specify:
    • scanstate`` \\server\share\migration\mystore /ue:*\* /ui:contoso\user1 /ui:fabrikam\user2 /i:migdocs.xml /i:migapp.xml /o
  2. Log on to the destination computer as an administrator.
  3. Specify the following:
    • loadstate`` \\server\share\migration\mystore /i:migdocs.xml /i:migapp.xml

 

To migrate two domain accounts (User1 and User2) and move User1 from the Contoso domain to the Fabrikam domain

  1. Log on to the source computer as an administrator, and type the following at the command-line prompt:
    • scanstate`` \\server\share\migration\mystore /ue:*\* /ui:contoso\user1 /ui:contoso\user2 /i:migdocs.xml /i:migapp.xml /o
  2. Log on to the destination computer as an administrator.
  3.  Specify the following:
    • loadstate`` \\server\share\migration\mystore /mu:contoso\user1:fabrikam\user2 /i:migdocs.xml /i:migapp.xml

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