Workstation Migration Software for M&A

The best fit for mergers and acquisitions moves devices between organisations without reimaging, keeps users working through cutover, and supports a period of coexistence. PowerSyncPro covers all three with two products.

PowerSyncPro Migration Agent moves Windows 10 and 11 devices in place between Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), Microsoft Entra hybrid join (formerly hybrid Azure AD join) and workgroups. Users keep the same Windows profile, files and application settings. The primary user’s OneDrive and Edge profile reconnect to the new tenant, and every profile on a shared device is re-permissioned. On average, a device migrates in about 15 minutes. See what affects migration time.

PowerSyncPro DirSync synchronises users, groups and passwords between the two directories. Both organisations can work side by side while you plan cutover, and attribute mapping handles differences in naming and structure.

M&A projects rarely move everyone at once. Runbooks and scheduled batches let you migrate by site, department or business unit. Self-service migration lets users start their own move at a convenient time. For AD to AD moves, offline domain join lets remote devices migrate without line of sight to a domain controller.

The same approach works for divestitures. You move devices out of the parent’s tenant into the new standalone environment. PowerSyncPro Migration Agent can also re-permission file shares and IIS and SQL Server permissions on member servers for the new accounts.