Create a Migration Table

1. In the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) console tree, double-click the forest from which you want to create a migration table.
2. Do either of the following:
3. Right-click Domains and then click Open Migration Table Editor.

Under Source Name, type the source name or right-click the cell and click Browse to find and then specify the object type, location, and name.

If you enter the source name manually, you must type the exact name of the User, Computer, Group, or UNC Path referenced in the source GPO (for example, TestDomain\PolicyAdmins or \\server1\publicshare). The type of the source name must match the source type specified in the migration table.

Security principals can be specified using any of the following formats:

UPN: For example, someone@contoso.com.

SAM: For example, contoso\someone.

DNS: For example, contoso.com\someone.

Free text: For example, someone. You must specify the type as Free Text or SID.

SID: For example, S-1-11-111111111-111111111-1111111111-1112. You must specify the type as Free Text or SID.

Click Browse to find a user, computer, or group.

Point to Set Destination, and then click the appropriate selection. You cannot use the No Destination option for UNC paths.

Additional considerations

• You can use the migration table editor to check that destination entries can be resolved. If destination entries do not resolve in the migration table, then the copy or import operation might fail. To validate your migration table, from the Tools menu, click Validate.