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Migrating from Workgroup to Domain

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by chris.hazeldine 1 view

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Hi there,

I am a tech rookie and looking for a little guidance. I work in a school with about 30 PC workstations and 30 macs. I want to move the Workgroup to a domain for numerous reasons. My question is what is the best way to complete this migration while maintaining network resources, ie file shares, printers etc. Is there a way to enable active directory, set it as a domain controller and then beable to test it while keeping the workgroup active? I have set up a DC from scratch, but never migrated from a Workgroup before.

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by cg it

the production network after evaluation and test.

As with any change, it's best to have a plan. If your the IT person and you want to move to ADS network, then you should know the differences between a workgroup and a domain network and what impact moving from a workgroup to a domain is. If not then, in my opinion, you should learn, study, about ADS first, before you attempt to create a plan to move to ADS. The test network provides you with a means in which to gain hands on experience with the differences between a workgroup and a domain environment and what you'll be faced in moving to a domain environment. Then you can effectively create a plan that will have the least disruption to the users.

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