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Systematic and secure way to Move User data, when reloading or replacing a PC

I am at a new customer who needs to replace many PCs.
Some with redirected folders and some (laptops) without. 

I need a solid, efficient and easy way to move over user data, app settings and browser favorites etc. from the old PCs to the new ones.

The guy before me here have run tests with different tools but did not always succeed and had less than perfect results.
Also the price for the licenses we would need was a show stopper. (Like ½ a years salary for a technician!). I am on a tight budget

In case you have suggestions for a tool, that you are experienced with (know is good!) and is simple to use for a big group of supporters it would be a big help.
Thorough testing takes a really long time :-/

SBabic

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Agreed with JennyFeng

But Use USMT with a GUI. Check out Ehlertech's software, specifically User Profile Central for this size project.

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Hello Jenny

Yes great. We are currently testing User Profile Central from EhlerTech which can backup and restore user profiles with USMT, over LAN.
It is very simple to setup and seems very stable. We only just got up this weekend and will run more tests.

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Agreed with JennyFeng

But Use USMT with a GUI. Check out Ehlertech's software, specifically User Profile Central for this size project.

It will be by far the simplest for your supporters to use and is not too bad setting up.
- Supporters will need an account with local Admin privileges


Check out this post also


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Hi,
According to your description, you can try USMT.
USMT captures user accounts, user files, operating system settings, and application settings, and then migrates them to a new Windows installation.
For more information, you could see Common Migration Scenarios:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/usmt/usmt-common-migration-scenarios

Hope above information can help you.

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StjepanBabic-7049 answered

Thank you Lars
For the big internal domain PC replacement we are now testing User Profile Central and it is very intuitive.

We need to run some more tests but as User Profile Central use USMT from Microsoft I believe it is well documented.


We have tested USMTGUI for the user migrations to Azure AD on a few PCs (we only move 200 PCs to start).
We have now puchased a license - $300 for the whole company.
With USMTGUI we can migrate user data and App settings directly over to the Azure user account, from within the Azure user.

Sbabic

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