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ADMT Migration Guide Updated with ADMT 3.1 and 3.2

Posted by John Policelli on 27th June 2010

As I mentioned in a previous post, Microsoft recently released ADMT 3.2, which fully supports Windows Server 2008 R2. The ADMT Migration Guide was also recently updated into include ADMT 3.1 and ADMT 3.2. The ADMT Migration Guide can be downloaded here and read online here.

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ADMT 3.2 Released – Windows Server 2008 R2 Supported

Posted by John Policelli on 19th June 2010

Microsoft released the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) 3.2, which fully supports Windows Server 2008 R2. A little late in my opinion, especially since Windows Server 2008 R2 went RTM almost one year ago, but nonetheless it is available now.

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Using ADMT 3.1 to Migrate to a Domain that Contains Windows Server 2008 R2 DCs

Posted by John Policelli on 27th October 2009

Update June 19, 2010: Microsoft has released ADMT 3.2, which fully supports Windows Server 2008 R2. Please see the following post for more details: http://policelli.com/blog/?p=550.

As you may have heard, Microsoft is working on ADMT 3.2, which will be fully supported for Windows Server 2008 R2. However, ADMT 3.2 is still under development and there is no official release date as of yet.

In the interim, a KB has been released that discuss the use of ADMT 3.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 DCs. The KB points out the following supported scenarios for ADMT 3.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 DCs:

  • ADMT 3.1 must be run from a Windows Server 2008-based computer. The computer must be a member server or a domain controller.
  • ADMT can be installed on any computer that is running Windows Server 2008, unless the computers are Read-Only domain controllers or in a Server Core configuration.
  • The target domain must be based on Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2.
  • The source domain must be based on Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008.
  • The ADMT agent, which is installed by ADMT on computers in the source domains, can operate on computers that are running Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Before you go ahead and use ADMT 3.1 with Windows Server 2008 R2 DCs, you should be aware of the known issues, which can be read by going to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976659.

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ADMT 3.1 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted by John Policelli on 29th May 2009

I ran across a post on the Ask the Directory Services Team blog that mentions a known issue with ADMT 3.1 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The blog entry can be read here: http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2009/05/22/admt-3-1-and-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx.

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