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AD - Which is the best to migrate first? Server or Workstation
Now the answer may seem rather obvious, but as in most cases the scenario changes things and I can't find an answer to really suit our situation.
We have our AD forest and the existing NT users already have the Exchange accounts in a AD domain using their NT credentials.
We're due to migrate the users to AD and the associated member server (we traditionally have one NT server local to the site, the rest of the infrastructure is remote.)
I'm a desktop guy traditionally and I'm charged with making sure the desktop has the same look and feel, albeit with an update OS etc. Now, here's where it gets tricky. The users themselves currently log on to their PC using a generic account, not their own (local profile, not roaming) and then sign into Outlook via their own credentials. We're moving to a single sign-on at long last, so we can use groups and proper security.
Now, if any of the above makes any odds, should we ideally upgrade the member server first (I think so) or the workstations? The servers currently are on the NT domain and have no knowledge of the AD domain, so in effect I have to fudge the permissions...but also, as there was next to no security using the generic logons, I feel this is almost useless.
Anyway, I think I've rambled enough. I'd love to hear your comments.
Regards,
Pinju25.