Windows Server Migration

Upgrade DCs from 2008 r2 to 2012

Do I introduce new 2012 servers into AD as DCs or is it best to just upgrade the current 2008 R2 domain controllers to 2012?

Files created and stored to network drive while offline have disappeared after migration to new server

We recently migrated all of our network files to a new server. Certain users were using the "Always Available Offline" feature on their network drive. Once connected and synced to the new server, these users are not able to locate files/folders…

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Upgrade path from WSE 2016 to Windows Server 2019?

Customer has an industry specific MIS system currently running on WSE 2016 in a workgroup - no DS. They wish to migrate to a different industry specific MIS system which claims to require a dedicated WS 2019 Standard server (physical or virtual), while…

Storage migration service issue

Hello everybody. We're trying to migrate file server from 2008 R2 to 2019 by Storage migration services via admin center and we're stuck at second step like in screenshot "no1" I'm pressing on next and nothing happened, in the event viewer…

Migrate Hyper-V VM Server from VM Win2018 VM Farm to Win 2019 Hyper-V VM Farm by Export and Import

Dear Sir, Customer has a Hyper-V Windows 2016 VM Farm, he would like to setup another New VM Hyper-V farm with Windows 2019. He is planning to use Export Windows 2016 VM and Import feature to Windows 2019 VM for the migration, is it possible to do…

Empty Sysvol and Missing Netlogon after Migrating to Win2019 DC

Hi, After transferring FSMO roles from 2012 to 2019 and demoting 2012, Sysvol is empty and the Netlogon folder is missing in 2019 DC. There is only one DC running now which is 2019 but the status of the SysVol registry keys are still showing the new…

No start transfer button on storage migration service page

I have all of the updates installed for server 2019 and Version (1.3.2111.01001) of WAC. I also tried using Microsoft edge current version chrome and firefox all updated browsers still no action button and no way to start the transfer.

Migrate from Server 2012 R2 Essentials to Server 2022 Standard

I need to be able to do a server migration from Server 2012 R2 Essentials to Server 2022 Standard (since the will basically be no "Essentials" version of Server 2022). The upgrade won't work since I'm attempting to go from Essentials to…

Moving a single Domain Controller VM to another Hyper-V Server

Hello I have a lone virtualized Windows Server 2016 Domain Controller, on Hyper-V 2016, and I want to move it to another server running Hyper-V 2019. What would the safest way to do this? Is it okay just to shut off the VM and move it to the other…

How to upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to a newer version?

Hello, I have some Windows Server 2008 R2 and they provide some services like Domain Controller, File Service and etc. I want to upgrade them to a newer version. Does Microsoft have the tools to do this? Thank you.

Migrating data to new disk - Windows server 2012

Hi all, My environment : Windows server 2012 standard as File server for head site : FileServer-Head I want to migrate data (including shares and permissions) from D drive (local disk) to G drive (new SCSI LUN) using robocopy. I have concern :…

FRS to DFRS

Hi, Like to have some comments on my questions related to FRS and DFRS Question1: We have two Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter domain controllers that is still using FRS I guess, since when we use “dcdiag” I get the message “Starting test:…

AD migration question

Hello we have 1 Existing domain (+ 1 domain trust) and 1 office 365 tenant there is NO directory sync . i repeat there is NO AZURE AD connect . I am proposing to build NEW active directory domain and migrate ALL the users / server / workstation…

Windows service migration to Azure

please provide step by step guidance for migrating .NET window service to azure

DFS Namespace and Replcation - server migration

I am using DFS Namespace and Replication to migrate shares from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2019. I have created the domain based namespaces for the server shares that exist on the 2012 server, on both servers as namespace servers. I created…

Error when use ADMT 3.2

Hi guys, hope anyone can support me. Here is my enviroment: Root domain: domain.com Child domain 1: North.domain.com Child domain 2: Central.domain.com ADMT server: Member server of root domain. Client computer: join domain North…

SPMT - Sharepoint Migration Tool - file deletion on incrementals?

Hi There, I'm currently doing some testing with SPMT for a migration project we have coming up. I've noticed during testing that when you run an incremental copy, files that have been deleted in the source filesystem are not deleting in the target…

Server 2008 R2 to Server 2019 Active Directory Migration

I am working on migrating my old Server 2008 R2 AD to a 2019 Server. I found out that I could run PowerShell on the 2019 to get the forest to the same version as the 2008 R2. I found a video on YouTube…

how to add new domain's NTFS permissions and keeping old ones

Hi Microsoft Community! Background: New fileserver (WS2016) for new destination domain has the same folder structure as old fileserver (WS2008R2)from source domain Also has the files copied over to the destination file server. Existing NTFS permissions…