import NT 4.0 users to 2000 server??

[pichi]

hi everybody i want to know how can i import my NT 4.0 users to a new 2000 server that i will install, does anyone knows that?? or do i'll have to create all of them
thanks in advance

Juan Pablo

 

[FilthPig]

Two options if you have a new server:

1.) Install NT 4 as a BDC, promote it to PDC, upgrade it. Voila: Populated AD domain with the same domain name: no worrying about changing user info.

2.) Install Windows 2000 Server, use the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) from Microsoft to move your users and computer accounts to the new server (Note: must be a different NetBIOS domain name). If you must have two different domains when you're done, this is the way to do it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/admt/default.asp

Some disadvantages to method 2:

It won't migrate passwords. You either have to set all passwords the same as the usernames, or have it make random complex passwords which you will then have to find a way to distribute. Depending on the size of your organization, this may be too much overhead to be workable.

Your users will have to get used to a new domain name. Maybe trivial, maybe not - depends on your users.

Please, whatever you do, research it well. Know what you'll need to do before you start doing it.
Marc Creviere