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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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Advice on migrating from 2016 Essentials to new hardware running 2022 Standard

Hey everyone, sorry if this has been answered before but I've been tasked with migrating a server running 2016 Essentials that is also acting as a domain controller to new hardware that is running 2022 Standard. I was thinking for simplicity sake it…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
9,450 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-05-26T17:09:01.5633333+00:00
Matt Fogle 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-05-27T11:07:56.2233333+00:00
Dave Patrick 350.9K Reputation points MVP
0 answers

how to migrate from exchange 2013 to exchange 2019

Hi, On a un serveur exchange 2013 installé sur windows server 2012 R2, sur un serveur HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9.  We want to migrate to exchange 2019.. just wanna ask what we need exactly to migrate. prérequis

Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft messaging and collaboration software.
116 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-05-26T10:33:26.6233333+00:00
SLAMA Nadhem 0 Reputation points
1 answer

How to fix microsoft migration batch stuck at syncing, migrating from Google Workspace

I'm trying to migrate a batch of users(just one test user to make sure it works), but its not going through correctly. It's currently stuck at syncing and its been half an hour, for a user with 3 test emails which are practically empty, I believe it's in…

Microsoft Exchange Online
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-05-04T14:34:40.1466667+00:00
Rh 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-05-15T08:22:51.8633333+00:00
Jarvis Sun-MSFT 3,596 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

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Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-05-12T12:52:08.64+00:00
Aaron Goodmiller 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
edited the question 2023-05-12T12:57:22.8833333+00:00
Aaron Goodmiller 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Migrate from B series to D series VM

I want to create a Windows VM where I will host some server applications, and want to go with Standard B4 Series. But in case I need more PCU or RAM can I scale to the D series?

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
5,226 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-05-03T10:49:19.3+00:00
Bojan Andonovski 40 Reputation points
commented 2023-05-11T06:39:29.1033333+00:00
Bojan Andonovski 40 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

x500 value is missing in mailbox post Office 365 email migration.

Hello Team, Greetings for the day! We have migrated a mailbox john.dave@Company portal .com to office 365 post which we were not able to configure Outlook profile due to X500 value missing or license is not assigned to the mailbox error. …

Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online: A Microsoft email and calendaring hosted service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
3,341 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2022-10-19T04:33:41.913+00:00
Gurudas 771 Reputation points
answered 2023-05-10T15:37:59.1+00:00
TClark 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

ADFS Promote secondary to primary

Hi, Am planning to promote secondary ADFS to primary ADFS, as stated here I can change using PS commands https://hippidikki.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/changing-adfs-primarysecondary-federation-serverin-a-farm But thing is will this also move the…

Active Directory Federation Services
Active Directory Federation Services
An Active Directory technology that provides single-sign-on functionality by securely sharing digital identity and entitlement rights across security and enterprise boundaries.
1,030 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2022-10-31T04:04:32.977+00:00
Gopalakrishnan N 41 Reputation points
commented 2023-05-06T08:32:35.0166667+00:00
NIYAZAHMAD-7887930407 1 Reputation point
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

What is the best practices to Migrate from Windows SRV 2012 R2 To Windows 2016 or Windows 2019?

Hello Team Windows 2012 R2 is End of life on October 2023 I would like to plan migrations of Servers with exchange My Current Infra Servers are running VMWare 1-Primary Domain Controller**(Win2012)** TLS.LOCAL 1-Secondary Domain…

Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server: A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
6,480 questions
Exchange Server
Exchange Server
A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.
466 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-25T07:38:56.0066667+00:00
Sathishkumar Singh 386 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-05-04T05:49:53.34+00:00
Yuki Sun-MSFT 29,351 Reputation points
1 answer

Migrating user Files to OneDrive | SPMT or Alternative? | GDPR concerns

Hi there, My small organization is in the process of migrating to SharePoint and OneDrive, and our Users are not synced between On Premise AD and AzureAD/365. Pretty straightforward with SharePoint Migration Tool right? Use an admin account that has…

OneDrive
OneDrive
A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.
283 questions
SharePoint
SharePoint
A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.
7,016 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-05T09:47:58.1166667+00:00
Boris P 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2023-05-03T02:57:24.2266667+00:00
AllenXu-MSFT 7,286 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

Migration Active Directory from Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard to Windows Server 2022

Hello, I am planning to migrate the Active Directory from Windows Server 2012R2 Standard to Windows Server 2022, but I have a doubt as to how to do it, considering that on my "old" server the domain functional level is Windows Server 2012 and…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
2,627 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,950 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,258 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
4,297 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-27T12:05:36.2433333+00:00
Sasa Petrov 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-05-02T12:30:32.4633333+00:00
Dave Patrick 350.9K Reputation points MVP
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows File Server migration - do we need additional disk space?

Hi, I am trying for the first time to migrate a WS 2012R2 to WS2022 using storage migration service. Everything will be alright because I am migration a smaller file server in a small office so if something goes haywire it wont be an armageddon. During…

Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-24T13:56:05.9833333+00:00
Tonito Dux 856 Reputation points
commented 2023-04-27T09:23:53.0533333+00:00
Tonito Dux 856 Reputation points
2 answers

Migration Copy Outlook Public Folder Contents to C Drive - Powershell

Our business is looking to migrate all of the files stored in our Outlook public folders into Microsoft Teams. Trying to identify the correct command that would allow us to copy the folders and contents to the C drive via Powershell. From there to…

Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
3,996 questions
PowerShell
PowerShell
A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
690 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-25T18:17:37.0933333+00:00
Mason M 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-26T11:34:03.23+00:00
Limitless Technology 25,816 Reputation points
3 answers

Migration DC 2012 und Exchange 2016 to new Server

Hi, we have 2 Server: DC on WS2012R2 Exchange2016 on WS2012R2 We would likt to update/upgrade the System. We have installed 2 new Server: WS2022 für DC WS2016 für Exchange 1- How can we migrate the Domaincontroller and the Exchange Mailboxes? what is the…

Exchange Server
Exchange Server
A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.
466 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,950 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
9,450 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-24T13:06:45.5566667+00:00
Yasrosa 20 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-25T14:24:30.8566667+00:00
Limitless Technology 25,816 Reputation points
1 answer

Azure Migrate appliance configured via private end point throws error while connecting and validating, DNS and FW changes are done fine in S2S vpn, need some help ?

Throw error in log saying its not connect vault and all five urls with private IP configured in Private end point in S2S vpn , DNS record are added AD DNS, nslookup is fine from appliance server

Azure Migrate
Azure Migrate
A central hub of Azure cloud migration services and tools to discover, assess, and migrate workloads to the cloud.
590 questions
Azure VMware Solution
Azure VMware Solution
An Azure service that runs native VMware workloads on Azure.
225 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-07T14:04:52.24+00:00
Karthic Kumar 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-04-10T10:14:08.8833333+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 27,071 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How can I migrate my data and applications to a new Windows computer?

How can I migrate my data and applications to a new Windows computer?

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
7,428 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-08T14:34:46.2166667+00:00
Easy Info 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-09T00:48:54.7533333+00:00
S.Sengupta 7,231 Reputation points MVP
0 answers

Why did Storage Migration Service apply the wrong local group SID to a share permission?

I'm testing out Storage Migration Service to transfer files from a Windows Server 2016 install to a Windows Server 2022 install. The source system has some permissions set at the Share level as well as NTFS. Inventory and Transfer completed fine; I did…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
9,450 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-07T14:28:35.03+00:00
MartinHerbener-7973 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-04-07T14:55:11.2566667+00:00
MartinHerbener-7973 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Is Storage Migration Service supposed to migrate NTFS inheritance settings?

I'm testing out Storage Migration Service to transfer files from a Windows Server 2016 install to a Windows Server 2022 install. Inventory and Transfer completed fine; I did not do the Cutover in this test environment. I used the destination server as…

Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-07T14:54:37.16+00:00
MartinHerbener-7973 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Have you migrated from an on-prem server to Azure AD?

Windows Server 2012 Standard. File Server. Domain Controller. Print Server. No OU's. Minimal GP's, Password policies, etc. Sonicwall Firewall VPN. Mostly Remote Users. One File Share, "I" Drive. About 10 Security groups. 365 Small Business…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
4,297 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-04-04T14:24:29.35+00:00
Jim 186 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-05T10:01:51.6766667+00:00
Limitless Technology 25,816 Reputation points
1 answer

Hyper-v live migration: Failed to establish a connection with host "destination.hostname.name" %%2147778582 (0x80048016)

Hi, I have setup new Hyper-V server core 2019. I want to move windows server 2016 VM from source host (Windows Server core 2022 with Hyper-V role installed) to target host (Hyper-V server core 2019) **It fails with 0x80048016 error. ** …

System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,044 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2022-11-30T18:21:25.423+00:00
Sidhu 11 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-31T11:27:20.87+00:00
Roger Tillmann 1 Reputation point
1 answer

How do I disable SAM checks/querying profiles are boot up to avoid slow down with a 50k+ local users?

I have 2021R2 server on AWS which has been running for almost a decade now. It's being used as a IIS web server and for authentication IIS is using windows integrated authentication and the users have been created as local users on the machine (it was…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
2,627 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,258 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
9,450 questions
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
202 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
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.
338 questions
asked 2023-03-29T18:24:27.8933333+00:00
CoderR 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-03-30T13:49:45.6933333+00:00
CoderR 1 Reputation point