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Migrator Pro for Active Directory Architecture

The first step towards success on a project using Migrator Pro for Active Directory is to understand the product architecture and how this architecture will operate in your environment.

Migrator Pro for Active Directory consists of the following components:

• A directory synchronization engine
• A REST based web service
• A management interface
• A lightweight agent for workstations and member servers
• A database running on Microsoft SQL Server

The directory synchronization engine, the web service, and the management interface will all access the same SQL database. In most scenarios, these components will be installed on the same system. In larger or more complex network environments, the components can be distributed across multiple systems. If the directory synchronization engine, the web service or the management interface is installed on a separate system, it is important to ensure that all three components retain access to the same SQL database.

The directory synchronization engine is provided by Binary Tree Directory Sync Pro for Active Directory. Directory Sync Pro for Active Directory is included as part of Migrator Pro for Active Directory. Directory Sync Pro for Active Directory is responsible for synchronizing users and groups between source and target Active Directory domains. Directory Sync Pro for Active Directory also handles migrating key user properties such as SID History and user passwords.

User workstations and member servers are called computers in Migrator Pro for Active Directory. Computers communicate with the Migrator Pro for Active Directory web service using the Migrator Pro for Active Directory Agent. The Migrator Pro for Active Directory Agent is a lightweight application that installs as a service on Windows computers. Upon installation, the agent has the ability to autodiscover the location of the Migrator Pro for Active Directory web service.

To ensure that no firewall exceptions are required, the web service does not “call” the workstations or servers to be migrated. Instead, the Migrator Pro for Active Directory Agents contact the web service at defined polling intervals, using standard HTTPS or HTTP requests to recover jobs. Jobs include key tasks such as system discovery, updating the operating system, file system, and user profile permissions, and migrating the computer to the new domain.