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By Mike Ranellone Posted January 30, 2020

For some organizations, replacing Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is like replacing a cars engine it cant be done while youre cruising down the highway. But just as vehicles need to pull off for gas and maintenance from time to time, convenient opportunities to migrate from on-prem servers to a modern cloud directory service sometimes emerge. With a little bit of planning, you can be prepared to take advantage of those opportunities.

The concept of Active Directory migration itself isnt new, though were thinking about it in a different way. If youre a seasoned AD admin, youve probably already gone through the directory migration process at some point to move AD objects like computers, users, and groups from one Windows Server AD domain or forest to another, perhaps as part of a licensing upgrade, infrastructure overhaul, or merger.

Migrating to an entirely new cloud directory is actually a pretty similar process, so if youre approaching a major Active Directory migration project due to one of the above factors, now might be a great time to zoom out and think about whether you could benefit from replacing Active Directory altogether. Lets look at a more comprehensive list of good AD stopping points, then preview the process of migrating to a modern cloud directory.

Here are 11 of the most popular opportunities that make the move from AD to a modern cloud directory especially easy:

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Directory Migration Timing: 11 Opportunities to Ditch Active Directory - Security Boulevard