The Solution Accelerator for Domain Server Consolidation and Migration is a collection of documentation that presents a prescriptive, tested, and supported approach to planning, designing, deploying, and verifying a domain migration project. In the development of such a solution, the accelerator documentation addresses issues that are not typically discussed in the product documentation, such as capacity planning and scenario implementation.

This solution accelerator adds value and uses existing documentation by outlining options available, based on best practices, for the design and considerations of a migration effort from Windows NT 4.0 domains to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory service. In addition, it addresses the key planning and implementation considerations for the migration of supporting network services. A representative enterprise scenario is also defined and the guidance provides the prescriptive application of best practices to meet the business needs of a fictitious large organization.

Finally, the best practices planning and implementation principals presented in the Solution Accelerator for Domain Server Consolidation and Migration are end-to-end tested by Microsoft to verify accurate, repeatable results for users of this documentation set.