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pantsman2000
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Posted: 09 Aug 2007 at 9:10pm |
Is it possible to perform a computer and profile migration while a computer is using the VPN to connect to the internal Windows AD domain?
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Support
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There is no problem migrating over a VPN as such. The problems come when you attempt to logon after the machine has been joined to the new domain and is rebooted. When you are on the LAN and you reboot, Windows is able to cache the domain and logon information: that isn’t the case over the VPN. Instead what you need to do is find a way to create a VPN connection before logging on. Probably the easiest way to do this is to select "Logon Using Dial-Up Networking" at the logon prompt and then select your VPN connection from the "Network Connections" box. Edited by Support - 20 Aug 2007 at 11:27am |
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j.patton
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I am in a similar situation. What if the user don't use dial-up? What if they only have access to broadband VPN? Is there any way to "copy" the cached credentials from the profile being migrated to the "new" profile, that way when they sign on to the new domain it will let them, instead getting the "A domain controller for...could not be contacted" error?
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Windows stores domain user credential information locally so that domain users can authenticate when the domain is not available. The information is not stored with the profile and is obviously different for different users.
Windows stores this information after a successful interactive logon. Theoretically, it must be possible for us to mimic what Windows does and store the information ourselves. However, Microsoft do not document this mechanism, and we have not tried to implement it. |
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