{"id":83702,"date":"2023-06-05T13:09:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=support&#038;p=83702"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:24:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T15:24:01","slug":"migrate-users-from-active-directory","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/migrate-users-from-active-directory","title":{"rendered":"Migrate Users and Devices from Active Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>See the following articles for information on migrating users from Active Directory (AD):&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/export-active-directory-users-for-csv-import\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Export Users from Active Directory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/import-users-from-csv-with-powershell-module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Import Users into JumpCloud from CSV<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/convert-windows-system-active-directory-domain-accounts-to-local-user-accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Convert Windows System Active Directory Domain Accounts to Local User Accounts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/jumpcloud-agent-support-for-on-premise-active-directory-and-azure-active-directory-joined-windows-devices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JumpCloud Agent Support for Active Directory Joined Windows Devices<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TheJumpCloud\/jumpcloud-ADMU\/wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Active Directory Migration Utility (ADMU)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Migrating Windows Devices from AD to JumpCloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can migrate your Active Directory (AD) OnPrem Windows devices to your JumpCloud org while keeping them protected and secure. From a high level, to do so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Create the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/get-started-devices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">policies<\/a>&nbsp;you need for your devices in JumpCloud.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bind the JumpCloud policies to all of the AD On Prem Windows devices in scope.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card note\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/note-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Note:<\/strong> \n<p>You may receive error messages regarding the following policies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Rename Local Administrator Account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable\/Disable Local Administrator Account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rename Local Guest Account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable\/Disable Local Guest Account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is expected behavior, because the device is still bound to Active Directory at this time.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Unbind the devices from Active Directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Migrating Mac Devices from AD to JumpCloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The JumpCloud ADMU doesn&#8217;t support Mac devices, but you can follow these steps to manually migrate devices from AD to JumpCloud:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>On the macOS device, open <strong>System Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>Users &amp; Groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>Network account server<\/strong> and click <strong>Edit&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Open Directory Utility<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the bottom left of the Directory Utility app, click the lock icon and enter the administrator password. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the Active Directory entry that corresponds to the domain that the Mac is joined to.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the bottom left, click the minus (<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>) to remove the Mac from AD.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the administrator password to confirm the removal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the Mac has been removed from AD, close the Directory Utility app and System Settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>After removing the device from AD, you&#8217;ll need to convert any mobile user accounts to local user accounts to avoid password sync issues. You can use the following tool: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/BIG-RAT\/mobile_to_local\">GitHub &#8211; BIG-RAT\/mobile_to_local: Migrate mobile Active Directory account to a local account<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card note\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/note-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Note:<\/strong> \n<ul>\n<li>Alternatively, you can use the following script to perform both actions automatically &#8211; remove the device from AD and convert the user from a mobile to local account: <a href=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/rtrouton\/3ac68ac3770ab23ebae354c581f526b7\">MigrateADMobileAccountToLocalAccount.command script<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Note that JumpCloud does not maintain or support these third-party tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See the following articles for information on migrating users from Active Directory (AD):&nbsp; Migrating Windows Devices from AD to JumpCloud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"support_category":[2904,2855,2954],"support_tag":[],"coauthors":[2841],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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