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Will The MICROSOFT FILE SERVER MIGRATION TOOLKIT 1.2 Work For A File Server Migration From 2012 R2 to 2019?

MISAdmin 381 Reputation points
2022-09-15T12:11:12.617+00:00

I was told this tool still works on newer systems. Has anyone used it successfully going from 2012 R2 to 2019? Supposedly it's better than Storage Migration Service. It's a File Server so I'm looking for all shares and file ACLs along with the files and folders.

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Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Migration: The process of making existing applications and data work on a different computer or operating system.
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  1. Hania Lian 13,941 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-09-20T09:01:25.913+00:00

    Hi@MISAdmin .
    FSMT is currently out of use. You can try using robocopy or xcopy that comes with Windows Server to perform a file server migration.
    Please refer to the official documentation for specific steps：https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/dfs-replication/preseed-dfsr-with-robocopy

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  2. MISAdmin 381 Reputation points
    2022-09-20T19:18:01.81+00:00

    Hi HaniaLian. Robocopy or xcopy will not create all the shares and permissions over.

  3. MISAdmin 381 Reputation points
    2022-09-28T14:06:03.43+00:00

    Hi. I didn't want to use the newer tool because I heard that it wasn't as good. I may try it but the project won't commence for a few months.

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