Chapter 7. Migrating User State Data
Evaluating Migration Technologies 224
Using Windows Easy Transfer 226
Planning User State Migration Using USMT 230
Installing USMT 237
Understanding USMT Components 238
Developing Migration Files 240
Using USMT in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 242
Summary 245
Additional Resources 246
Operating system deployment always involves user state migration—the process of migrating users’ documents and settings from one operating system to another. Even when you don’t migrate user state during deployment, users will spend countless hours trying to restore their preferences (such as desktop backgrounds, screensavers, and themes). Because this manual process reduces user productivity and usually increases support calls, organizations ...
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