On-Prem Domain to AAD Username Not Same

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   I am working to finish up a migration project, and I have come across 1 endpoint that was used for only a specific purpose and has a dedicated domain service account that is used for the machine. So right now, the current user is DOMAIN\ABC123. In AAD there is no service account that matches, that can be migrated to. We would like to migrate the DOMAIN\ABC123 account to the primary user of that computer in AAD, so the match would be made to adminuser@aad_domain.com. We have already migrated the DOMAIN\adminuser profile for several machines already to their matching AAD account, but is it okay to migrate the DOMAIN\ABC123 on-prem domain account to the adminuser@aad_domain.com AAD account as well? We are not changing the name of the user profile directory to make sure there are no issues with certain applications that rely on the profile directory name remain the same. All help in this matter is greatly appreciated.

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ECS_VTMC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Apr 2024 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote ECS_VTMC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: On-Prem Domain to AAD Username Not Same Posted: 05 Apr 2024 at 2:25pm
	I am working to finish up a migration project, and I have come across 1 endpoint that was used for only a specific purpose and has a dedicated domain service account that is used for the machine. So right now, the current user is DOMAIN\ABC123. In AAD there is no service account that matches, that can be migrated to. We would like to migrate the DOMAIN\ABC123 account to the primary user of that computer in AAD, so the match would be made to adminuser@aad_domain.com. We have already migrated the DOMAIN\adminuser profile for several machines already to their matching AAD account, but is it okay to migrate the DOMAIN\ABC123 on-prem domain account to the adminuser@aad_domain.com AAD account as well? We are not changing the name of the user profile directory to make sure there are no issues with certain applications that rely on the profile directory name remain the same. All help in this matter is greatly appreciated.
	Enrae Schatzberg

Support Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1941	Post Options Post Reply Quote Support Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 2024 at 4:09pm
	Hi, You can migrate different source profiles to the same target Azure account on different computers. However, if you have already migrated a profile to the target account on Computer 1, and if you try to migrate another source profile to the same target account on Computer 1, the profile you previously migrated to the target account will be orphaned. Many thanks, Support.

ECS_VTMC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Apr 2024 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote ECS_VTMC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 2024 at 4:28pm
	Wonderful! Thank you so much for your quick and informative response. I appreciate your help with this. One more reason to love using this Profile Wizard!
	Enrae Schatzberg