How workstation migration tools reduce acquisition risk

Workstation migration tools reduce acquisition risk by moving each employee's computer to the acquiring company's domain or tenant in a controlled, repeatable way. PowerSyncPro Migration Agent does this in place. It migrates each Windows device without reimaging, so the device, its data and the user's profile stay where they are.

PowerSyncPro Migration Agent reduces six risks during an acquisition:

• Data loss. The device is not wiped or rebuilt. PowerSyncPro Migration Agent keeps the user profile on the device and connects it to the user's new account.
• Human error. A runbook defines every step and option once. Each device then follows the same runbook, so no engineer reconfigures workstations by hand.
• Half-migrated devices. During the migration the lock screen shows a "migration in progress" image, a legal notice warns anyone who tries to sign in, and Prevent Login blocks the users known to use the device. See Migration in progress lock screen and legal notice.
• Failures outside your control. If the join to Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) fails, PowerSyncPro Migration Agent retries on a Fibonacci back-off schedule, settling at one attempt every hour. It retries Intune enrolment every hour until it succeeds. See what happens if Microsoft has an outage during a device migration.
• Lack of visibility. Each device reports its progress and any failure to the orchestration server, so you know which devices have finished and which need attention.
• Lost access to resources. PowerSyncPro DirSync synchronises passwords and SID history between the two directories. Migrated users keep access to file shares, printers and applications in the acquired company's domain while both environments run side by side.

On each device the migration follows the same sequence, and much much more:

1. The device leaves the source Active Directory or Entra tenant.
2. The device shows users that a migration is under way.
3. The device joins the target Active Directory or Entra tenant.
4. The device enrols in Intune, which brings it under the acquiring company's policies.
5. The user signs in with the new account and finds the same profile.

You can change the runbook while a migration is running. If the domain join password expires, update it in the runbook and each waiting device picks up the new password on its next attempt.