User Profile migration Problem

Dan C. Cunnings 106 Reputation points
2022-06-19T19:42:56.84+00:00

Customer pulling in smaller firm running Windows clean Azure.
I am to get those users onto the On-prem domain and have been given the task to move not only their data but also their current user account experience.

Going through everything I could find over the weekend I get to the point where I conclude that there is no way to do this. There doesn't even seem to be a way to link a local or domain profile to an Azure account???

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  1. Mario Campo 36 Reputation points
    2022-06-21T21:53:39.89+00:00

    I'd definitely go with USMTGUI to backup the Azure profile, and restore it to the Domain user. Or perhaps even User Profile Central.

    Both tools utilize USMT (from Microsoft) and USMT has been heavily optimized by EhlerTech.

    We used USMTGUI a while back to migrate our AD users user profiles to AAD and I know for a fact that USMTGUI will also backup AAD profiles.
    As you say, the profiles are, basically, the same.

    With User Profile Central you can also handle profile migrations over LAN and collect existing users profiles prior to handing out their new PCs.

    • We often get the comment that "its nearly as if its my old PC, just better" and we save so much tech and user time setting up stuff.
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  2. Stjepan Babic 71 Reputation points
    2022-06-27T06:16:14.76+00:00

    We use USMT for all profile work. USMT from Microsoft is the only MS approved User profile handling tool.
    Also USMTGUI and User Profile Central from Ehlertech is clearly the best way to use USMT

    Since we started migrating users, we have used User Profile central for nearly all migrations from old PC to new PC
    User Profile Central (UPC) lets us back up and restore profiles over LAN. UPC is really easy and a huge time saver.

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