Quest can keep user objects synchronized between 2 forests if that is what you are trying to do. I didn't set that part up so I can't give you a step by step, but it can do it.
The machines have to live one place or the other - they can't exist in both domains at the same time so you have to move the machine accounts. You can move them back if you need to, but as soon as you start to use the machine in the new domain it will have changed and the account in the old domain would no longer match up. -Brian -----Original Message----- From: HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R: Good info for merging two companies AD and exchange services? I setup trusts and I have accounts of admin on both domains but still I am confused. I was asked to rename machines and users for corporate purposes, but I would like to copy those objects , not to move them to the other forest GuidoElia HELPPC -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Webb, Brian (Corp) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: venerdì 2 maggio 2008 16.47 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Good info for merging two companies AD and exchange services? Shouldn't be a big deal. You need to set up trusts between your forests and then you need an account that has local admin on each machine. We moved about 3000 users in 3 different domains to new domains in another forest. The really sad part about our situation is that we had the opportunity to create one forest back in 2001 when we migrated from NT to 2000 and the powers that be couldn't figure out how to share governance of the forest... -Brian -----Original Message----- From: HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 8:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R: Good info for merging two companies AD and exchange services? I am going to use Quest for a much more simple task, but it looks anyway painful. I have to migrate to a corporate forest 45 users and computers (avoid fortunately servers) but I don't know where to start from (I didn't finish to read the 500 pages of manual) . The problem is, and I don't know if it is possible , tha I want to have both domains operational GuidoElia HELPPC -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Webb, Brian (Corp) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: venerdì 2 maggio 2008 15.06 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Good info for merging two companies AD and exchange services? We are using Quest right now to migrate from one forest to another. It is a long and painful process. Moving the users and workstations isn't too bad, but we are moving about 600 servers as well. The file/print/infrastructure type servers weren't bad either. It is the application servers that are the real pain. Finding all the dependencies and scheduling the migrations for down time when the owner isn't known... We hope to finish by the end of the year. -Brian -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good info for merging two companies AD and exchange services? Quest Migration Manager for Exchange & AD ________________________________________ From: Greg Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Good info for merging two companies AD and exchange services? Anyone have any good info on merging two separate companies AD and Exchange services into one forest? it will start off with Company A and Company B needing to have their two Exchange gals and calendars (free\busy) in sync, and with some file server access to share info. Eventually Company B will be pulled fully into company A's AD and exchange structure, but that will happen over time. So if any of you have any advice on how to accomplish both with the least amount of re-do, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance! -Greg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
