SMART Solutions for Active Directory Migrations
Challenges of Active Directory Migrations
Types of Active Directory Migrations Intra- Forest Migration between Domains in the Same Forest Separate a Forest into Accounts & Resources Forests Merge a Forest into Another Existing Forest Migrate between Domains in a Forest Existing Accounts Resources Existing Source Existing Target Merge Two Forests into a New Forest Split a Forest into Two Separate Forests Move a Forest into a New Forest Existing A New A New Existing Existing New Existing B New B
The Challenges of Active Directory Migrations User Impact Migrating in the Absence of a Trust Migrating without Shared Admin Access? Dealing with a Distributed Network Updating ACLs
Best Practices for Approaching an Active Directory Migration Discovery and Planning Application Remediation Testing in a Lab Environment Directory Synchronization Piloting Backup and Recovery Planning
The Prime Directive Don t Interrupt the Users In the end, the only thing that matters is not disrupting the users Active Directory migrations should be invisible to your user community and require an absolute minimum (if any) user activity
Introducing SMART Active Directory Migrator
Introducing SMART Active Directory Migrator 9.0 An Advanced Software Solution for AD Migrations Substantial enhancement of the previous version now includes: Modern Client/Server Architecture Streamlined User Interface Uses Standard Protocols Firewall Friendly Automated Reporting Lightweight Client Advanced Synchronization powered by Binary Tree s SMART Directory Sync Updated ACL Editing Engine Support For Windows XP SP3 Through Windows 10 (Beta) Remote workstation friendly for distributed work force migration Modern Installer and More! www.binarytree.com/ad
SMART Active Directory Migrator An Advanced Solution for Streamlining Enterprise AD Migrations Automate and Manage Your AD Migration Project Comprehensive Migration Migrations without Trusts Migration of Remote Users Password Copying Flexible and Customizable Full Coexistence Minimal Downtime or Interruptions Analysis and Reporting Safety and Reversibility
Modern Client/Server Architecture Built Upon and Leveraging the Microsoft Infrastructure SMART Active Directory Migrator SMART Directory Sync Source AD Domain SQL Target AD Domain
A Highly Secure Architecture Requires NO (Zero) Open Inbound Ports in the Network Firewall Agents on the Workstations Communicate Directly with SMART AD Migrator No use of RPC No use of Remote Registry Access No open inbound firewall ports SMART Active Directory Migrator SMART Directory Sync Source AD Domain SQL Target AD Domain
Architected for Enterprise AD Migrations Architected to Automate the Synchronization and Migration of Active Directory Environments AD Exchange File Server
Scalable for Large Enterprise Migrations The Software Can Scale to Migrate 200,000 or More Objects Load Balancer Source AD Domain SMART AD/ DirSync Database Logging Database Target AD Domain
Supports All AD Migration Scenarios Migrate Within and Between Forests Automates All Active Directory Migration Projects Intra- forest Cross- forest with trust Cross- forest without trust Cross- forest where the source and target domains share the same name
A Complete AD Migration SMART AD Migrator Moves All Relevant Objects and Properties Migrate All Relevant Objects Access Control Lists Contacts Distribution Groups Domain Users Extended AD Properties Group Members Group Properties NTFS Organizational Units Passwords Profiles Security Security Groups Servers Shares Terminal Server Settings User Properties Workstations
Minimal Downtime or Interruptions Your Users Will Stay Productive throughout the Migration Users stay productive while you perform the migration Minimizing the Impact of an AD Migration SMART Active Directory Migrator allows you to migrate your Active Directory environment during normal business hours No late nights and weekends that normally accompany these projects End user productivity is not impacted your users can continue to work throughout the migration
Full Coexistence and Synchronization SMART Directory Sync is Included with SMART AD Migrator Simplifying AD- to- AD Synchronization Sync Users and Groups Advanced Matching and Updating Comprehensive Attribute Mapping Sync Groups with Members Mail- enable existing users Apply email address policies on synchronized objects Sync report previews the sync so you can fix any issues before they impact users
Migrate and Synchronize Passwords Password Changes During the Migration Are Kept in Sync Password Copying and Synchronization Migrates (copies) Domain passwords from the source to target Synchronizes passwords to ensure that subsequent changes are kept in sync between environments throughout the migration
Flexible and Customizable Adaptable to Your AD Migration Scenario or Requirements Easy to Customize Import custom attributes Customize the mapping in cases where an object has different names in the source and target domains Meet unique requirements like extended schema and attribute concatenation Customize attribute mapping on- the- fly without knowing SQL
Easily Migrate Workstations Remote Workstations Call Home to Complete Migration Tasks Easily Deploy Agents to Workstations and Manage their Migration Remote workstations that are not continually connected with call home to complete their migration tasks The cutover of workstations is built into SMART AD Migrator Agents can easily be deployed to workstations via Group Policy or third party tool
Analysis and Reporting Powerful Insights for Managing and Monitoring Your Migration Access real- time data for monitoring and managing your migration Perform custom searches Monitor and track jobs Run reports on users, groups, and computers Find the mismatched samaccountname values on the Source and Target
Safety and Reversibility Key Steps in the Migration Can Be Reversed to Restore a Prior State Automated Rollback Reverses the System to the Prior State You Can Always Reverse Direction if Needed SMART AD Migrator is non- destructive and will not delete any objects in the source domain You can safely reverse key steps in the migration process
Why SMART Active Directory Migrator? An Advanced Solution for Streamlining Enterprise AD Migrations Modern, fast, and full featured GUI- managed AD Migrations Scalable and ultra- efficient client- server architecture Allows full coexistence and smooth cutover to the target AD architecture Integrates our exclusive directory synchronization solution, SMART Directory Sync Password synchronization between forests during transition Rollback of key migration steps Remote workstation friendly for distributed work force migration Supports all Active Directory migration scenarios www.binarytree.com/ad
SMART Active Directory Migrator Overcomes the Challenges of AD Migrations Complete Migration with Full Coexistence Ability to Migrate with or without Trusts 1 2 Ability to Migrate Remote Users 3 Flexible and Customizable Safety and Reversibility Analysis and Reporting 4 5 6
SMART Active Directory Migrator Beats the Leading Third- Party Software Easier to Deploy Easier to Customize 1 2 Easier to Use 3 Easier to Migrate Workstations More Advanced Synchronization Much More Secure 4 5 6
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