Choose to test or migrate When the Computer Migration Wizard starts, choose to test the computer account migration or to migrate the actual computer accounts by selecting either the Test The Migration Settings And Migrate Later option or the Migrate Now option. Testing the computer account migration enables you to identify and correct errors before an actual migration.

Pick the domains Next you must select or supply the source and destination domain names, which can be provided either as DNS or NetBIOS names (except for the forest root, which requires the DNS name).

Choose the computers The Computer Selection dialog box next prompts you to select the computers to migrate. To include the computers in the migration list, click Add, click Advanced, click Find Now, and then select the computers from the displayed list.

Select the target OU You must next select the OU to which the computer accounts are to be migrated.

Choose objects to translate The Translate Objects dialog box, as shown in the following screen, allows you to select the objects on the source computer for which you want to migrate the security settings. That is, it translates the ACLs on the selected objects to corresponding ACLs on the computer in the destination domain. These objects include files and folders, printers, shares, local groups, and the registry, as well as user profiles and user rights. No objects are selected by default (thus, you can opt to migrate the computer without migrating any of the related security settings).

Select computer options The options in the Computer Options dialog box, as shown in the following screen, specify how the computer is handled postmigration, including how long it waits before it reboots and how it performs the renaming of the computer (if at all).

Exclude object properties When migrating a Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 computer, you can choose to exclude properties of computer objects during migration. By default, all computer object properties are included.

Handling naming conflicts In the event of a conflict with computer names in the destination domain, you can specify how you want the Computer Migration Wizard to deal with it. By default, the Replace Conflicting Accounts option is selected, which provides two options: You can select Remove Existing User Rights, to remove rights assigned in the destination domain that don't exist in the source domain, or Move Replaced Accounts To Specified Target Organizational Unit, which overwrites accounts in the destination domain with account data from the source domain.

Alternatively, you can select the Rename Conflicting Accounts By Adding The Following option to rename the computer accounts by adding a prefix or suffix to the account name.