If you are an administrator in a medium to large organisation, planning Active Directory synchronisations and migrations can be extremely challenging. If your organisation is undergoing an acquisition, merger, or divestiture, there are many factors to consider and plan for to ensure that any proposed synchronisation or migration operations go smoothly. It is crucial that team members from both organisations can use and access resources on the proposed target domain or domains.
Many large corporate organisations have been around for a while, which could mean that some of the directories in need of sync or migration are located on-premises or on older AD deployments. Traditionally, this sort of variability in directory design makes things more challenging for administrators. A one-size-fits-all sync process or tool may need to be adjusted to capture or transform the required directory objects, or it may be incapable of doing so, requiring reconfiguration of part or all of the directories involved before implementing the proposed solution.
Many off-the-shelf toolkits can cope with a few distinct types of Active Directory deployment. However, administrators using these toolkits may find themselves having to compromise or accept additional workflows, or incur very expensive long-term consultancy fees to ensure everything syncs correctly or gets to where it is intended. AD syncs typically run for a few years until dependencies can be removed from the source environment, so admins want tools that simply work and can be left to do their magic without supervision.
Organisations seeking an efficient solution need one that minimises not only planning time but also reduces the need for software installation, project member training, operational time, and, of course, maintenance and clean-up afterward. If all this can be achieved without it costing the Earth, all the better.
One of the key benefits of using PowerSyncPro for your migration or directory sync is its ability to handle a wide range of deployment combinations or constituent directories. PowerSyncPro can manage any combination or number of Active Directory deployments as sources for sync and can migrate, merge, or synchronise them for business coexistence use cases.
PowerSyncPro can locate and sync directory targets in any network-attached location and will seamlessly synchronise target directories that are on-premises, and therefore AAD (Azure AD) as well. The toolkit itself can be installed on and run from a variety of locations and environments, from Microsoft Windows Server installations on physical hosts, to Windows IIS, or cloud VM locations such as Microsoft Azure. No matter what your network looks like, a PowerSyncPro deployment is simple.
After installation, the powerful and user-friendly PowerSyncPro dashboard can display and run operations on any number of source Active Directory structures. It can either oversee and manage the migration of source AD domains to the target or ensure that large-scale domain coexistence is maintained effectively, with an absolute minimum of data errors and access issues. PowerSyncPro-led AD domain synchronisations were successfully in place over the recent coronavirus lockdowns in the UK, maintaining a complete directory sync between multiple AD domains for over a year with no errors or downtime. With no maintenance visits allowed during this time, PowerSyncPro proved ideal, as it simply ran in the background, keeping all the required synchronisations in place.
PowerSyncPro can only be installed, configured, and operated as part of a professional service package from Nero Blanco IT Limited. With over 50 years of combined migration experience and an impressive list of projects and technical achievements, the Nero Blanco team is ready to help ease your next large—or small—scale migration project. Get in touch today.
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