Moving Office Communications Server Users
Topic Last Modified: 2009-03-06
You can move users from one Enterprise pool or Standard Edition server to another Enterprise pool or Standard Edition server by using the Move Office Communications Users Wizard in Active Directory Users and Computers or the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in. To move a user account, both the source and destination must be available and the servers must be running.
Note
You can also move users from the Unassigned users node to an Enterprise pool or a Standard Edition server. The Unassigned users node contains all users that are enabled for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, but are not currently assigned to a valid Standard Edition server or Enterprise pool. If the server or pool that a user is assigned to is deactivated or removed from the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 environment, the pool assignment becomes invalid and the user account is added to Unassigned users. Unassigned users cannot sign in by using their Office Communications Server account.
To move Office Communications Server users
Open the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in.
In the console tree, expand the forest node, and then navigate to the Standard Edition server or Enterprise pool that contains the user account that you want to move.
Expand the pool name for the Enterprise pool or Standard Edition server, and then do one of the following:
- To move all users in this node, in the console tree, right-click Users, and then click Move users to start the Move Office Communications Server Users Wizard.
- To move only specific users, in the console tree, click Users. In the details pane, select the users that you want to move, right-click the selection, and then click Move users to start the Move Office Communications Server Users Wizard.
Complete the Move Office Communications Server Users Wizard, specifying the following:
The Enterprise pool or Standard Edition server to which you want to move the user.
Whether to force the move if the server or pool to or from which you are moving the user is unavailable.
Note
If you select this option, user-specific information is lost, including contact information, Allow and Block data, meeting data, and enhanced presence data.