Hi,
Quick Intentions: Re-join a new domain in a new DC server, which has same domain name and at the same time keeping existing user profiles/settings on desktops.
I need some opinions on how to re-join some desktop machines to the same domain name on a different server.
The story goes like this:
In a small network there was a server which was acting like a domain controller. There are some desktop machines (windows 10) that were part of that domain.
Meanwhile the server crashed, and was replaced by a brand new machine. The new server was given the same IP, same hostname and same domain name.
Now I want to re-join the desktop machines to that domain, but keeping all existing user's local profile settings. There are no roaming profiles involved here.
So for each desktop, I would then:
1- Login with local admin account;
2- Join desktop to workgroup;
3- Restart machine;
4- Login with local admin account;
5- Join desktop to domain (which was the same name as in the old server).
This would allow me to achieve (at least partially) what I want. I also have to think about user profiles and in that respect, I need some opinions before moving forward.
The user profile is stored and named something like DOMAIN\user, and it is already present on the desktop machine.
If I re-join the same domain name DOMAIN, when the "user" logs into the system, the desktop will already have a DOMAIN\user profile stored on the machine.
Will it use the existing one, thus keeping all user settings, docs, desktop, etc? This is exactly what I was looking for.
Will it create a new one side by side, without messing with the other one?
Will it overwrite the existing one and reset all user settings?
Even though the server name and ip is the same, the domain name is the same, the user names are the same, their SIDs will differ, so I'm afraid it may pose some problems on achieving what I want.
Thank you for your attention.
Quick Intentions: Re-join a new domain in a new DC server, which has same domain name and at the same time keeping existing user profiles/settings on desktops.
I need some opinions on how to re-join some desktop machines to the same domain name on a different server.
The story goes like this:
In a small network there was a server which was acting like a domain controller. There are some desktop machines (windows 10) that were part of that domain.
Meanwhile the server crashed, and was replaced by a brand new machine. The new server was given the same IP, same hostname and same domain name.
Now I want to re-join the desktop machines to that domain, but keeping all existing user's local profile settings. There are no roaming profiles involved here.
So for each desktop, I would then:
1- Login with local admin account;
2- Join desktop to workgroup;
3- Restart machine;
4- Login with local admin account;
5- Join desktop to domain (which was the same name as in the old server).
This would allow me to achieve (at least partially) what I want. I also have to think about user profiles and in that respect, I need some opinions before moving forward.
The user profile is stored and named something like DOMAIN\user, and it is already present on the desktop machine.
If I re-join the same domain name DOMAIN, when the "user" logs into the system, the desktop will already have a DOMAIN\user profile stored on the machine.
Will it use the existing one, thus keeping all user settings, docs, desktop, etc? This is exactly what I was looking for.
Will it create a new one side by side, without messing with the other one?
Will it overwrite the existing one and reset all user settings?
Even though the server name and ip is the same, the domain name is the same, the user names are the same, their SIDs will differ, so I'm afraid it may pose some problems on achieving what I want.
Thank you for your attention.