ADMT Password Export Server Error: Invalid Password!
Oct25

ADMT Password Export Server Error: Invalid Password!

KB ID 0001355 Problem Seen when trying to install the ‘ADMT Password Export Server Service’, whilst doing a domain migration; Invalid Password! The supplied password does not match this encryption key’s password. ADMT’s Password Migration Filter DLL will not install without a valid encryption key. Solution At first I assumed I was suffering from ‘fat fingers’ and just entering the wrong password,...

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ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 4
May13

ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 4

KB ID 0001308  Problem On the homeward stretch now, back in Part Three, we migrated service accounts, groups, and users. Now we turn our attention to our machines. Note ADMT 3.2 Only support the migration of Operating Systems up to Windows 7, (that doesn’t mean Windows 8 and Windows 10 wont work, it just means they are not supported). Migrating Windows 8 and 10 throws a lot of security translation errors, because of the way it...

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ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 3
May12

ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 3

KB ID 0001307 Problem Seems like ages since I wrote Part Two, now we are ready to actually start moving objects from one domain to another. Solution ADMT: Service Account Migration Why would you want to do this first? Well this replaces any service accounts on the OLD domain machines with migrated service accounts form the NEW domain, so when the client machines, (or servers,) are migrated they’re already using the new service...

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ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 2
May06

ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 2

KB ID 0001306 Problem Back in Part One we setup our migration admin account, and installed ADMT. Now, as I’m going to migrate the users passwords I need a ‘Password Export Server’, but first I need to tackle the subject of user SIDs   Solution Domain Migrations and SID Filtering Every user has a SID (Security Identifier) it’s the thing AD uses to refer to and apply security to users, (and other objects). This...

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ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 1
Apr25

ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 1

KB ID 0001305 Problem I’ve not used ADMT for ages, I’ve got a domain migration to do soon, so I thought I’d get on the bench and have a reminder. Although ADMT 3.2 was ‘re-jigged’ to support Server 2012 R2, I’m still going to install it on Server 2008 R2. I’ve got a test domain built to migrate from, and a new domain setup ready to migrate into. Old/Source Domain: olddomain.com Old/Source...

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