Help needed in migrating user from SharePoint 2016 to another domain

Amit Dimri 51 Reputation points
2022-04-04T10:20:59.413+00:00

HI Team,
We are in the need to migrating SharePoint 2016 from one domain to another domain. We have created a new environment (in the new domain) and attached the databases. Now , we would need to migrate the user and we are confused whether we would need to user move-spuser or SPFarm.MigrateUserAccount Method as we are targeting to move the user at the farm level.

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  1. sadomovalex 3,626 Reputation points
    2022-04-04T14:55:48.183+00:00

    Move-SPUser looks as correct approach for your scenario. E.g. in the following post it is used in similar scenario as yours: Migrate SharePoint Users from One Domain To Another using Move-SPUser. Try that with some single user account (or few accounts) and see will it work as you expect.

  2. Emily Du-MSFT 41,786 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-04-05T10:36:54.417+00:00

    @Amit Dimri

    Move-SPUser will translate all identities for a user across the entire farm and would be the appropriate method to use. I suggest you run following PowerShell as the Farm Administrator or a user with Full Control over the User Profile Service Application. 

    $user = Get-SPUser -Identity "DomainA\user1" -Web http://sitecollectionUrl  
Move-SPUser -Identity $user -NewAlias "DomainB\user1" -IgnoreSid

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