Active Directory Migration From Windows 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019

In this video, we will migrate our Active Directory from a Windows Server 2008 R2 to a Windows Server 2019.
Note: For this demonstration i have used Virtaul lab created in Oracle VirtualBox.

This Step-By-Step guide was created to give the basic idea of Active Directory Migration.

Six Simple Steps:
Step:1 Join Windows Server 2019 to the Domain
Step:2 Preparing your existing forest via the adprep command
for Windows Server 2019 DC.
Step:3 Promoting the Windows Server 2019 Server domain controller.
Step:4 Check Replication between both DC’s.
Step:5 Transfer FSMO roles to Server 2019.
Step:6 Remove AD services from Server 2008 R2(optional).

Check Out my blogs on Windows Server 2019:

[avinabh]

Encountered error "Verification of replica failed. The specified domain [DomainName] is still using the File Replication Service (FRS) to replicate the SYSVOL share. FRS is deprecated." What can be done

[veronicaduff]

This video instruction was fabulous. I've been procrastinating our migration to Server 2019 for some time. Now I'm ready to put this project behind me. Thank you for a very high-quality presentation.

[DoggieA]

This is great! It shows step by step of what I need to do on both servers. I actually promoted Windows 2019 to DC without doing those 3 adprep's, but Win2019 seems to be smart enough to have completed them, since the registry entry shows scheme number of 88 right after the DC promo. Not sure if Win2019 is that smart, so I demoted it again and redid the adprep's, this time it confirmed that the schema has already been updated. This video is a big help!! Awesome.

[Gaffa]

Such a big thank you for this tutorial. Been years since I did this last and my eyes were starting to roll till I found this. You're worth more money.

[BigCahona]

Thank you for this concise explanation of migrating from 2008R2 to 2019 AD

[jasodanandvyas]

So I've been checking online and everywhere they say we have to migrate from 2008>2012>2016>2019, i'm relieved that this video alleviates those tedious steps.

Thanks.

[jimmyjet]

Excellent tutorial. I have two sites which are moving to Server 2019 and this was very helpful and easy to follow. Thank you!

[timn]

Great job and your step by step process made my job look so simple. You're my hero and keep up the good work !!! THANK YOU !!!

[cls]

Excellent Video. The steps you have provided are very systematic and easy to follow. Keep it up !!! Looking forward for more video's from you

[AjaySingh-mjcy]

When I was doing this activity I faced this issue "adprep failed to verify whether schema master has completed a replication cycle after last reboot" I also resolved this issue during migration from 2008 to 2019. Excellent Job and your way of explanation is highly appreciated with great learning experience, thanks bro.. Well done keep it up..

[davidjoelhall]

This video is *still* the gold standard. I did this migration today and this video was a fantastic walk through of the process.

[pkokkinis]

This was nicely done and very accurate. Thank you for putting it together!

[mohammedghouse]

Appreciated your perfect solution for Windows Servers Migration. I have used the same procedure and successfully Migrated on my Production Environment. Thanks you so much.

[darwinph]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you very much! By any chance that you also have a tutorial with regards to File Server Migration from 2008R2 over to 2019? Looking forward to your other videos!

[allbeebeen]

Really appreciate your effort to make this Video, it was very helpful to implement same steps in Production environment, wish you all the best, may god bless you

[jasonwesbrooks]

Excellent instruction. Followed to the letter and everything worked great.

[scguwxx]

This worked very well for me, thank you for your complete and detailed instruction

[rahulknair]

Best video i have watched ever. Its working perfectly for me. Thank You

[mkhachiyan]

Great tutorial! One thing I did see though (unless I missed it somehow) was moving an authorized DHCP server from the old DC to new one. If you had only one DC, most likely it ran the DCHP as well. Otherwise, really great video.

[selva]

Excellent Video. You have explained step by step very clearly, particularly the FSMO move. Great work buddy. It would be more useful If you show the DNS manager IP details after decom the 2008 R2.