In
Exchange 2000/2003, what is the Active Directory Cleanup Wizard and
what is it good for?
MSKB
270652 has the following information:
The
Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard is a utility designed to
merge duplicate Microsoft Windows NT accounts that are created when
multiple directories are migrated or upgraded to Active Directory.
The Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard searches Active
Directory for duplicate Windows NT accounts, and then suggests merge
operations that eliminate the duplicates. You can also verify the
individual merge operations. Finally, the wizard merges various
account types, their attributes, and their properties into a single
user account. Removing duplicate accounts in Windows 2000 Active
Directory can help improve performance of your Exchange 2000
servers.
The
Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard allows you to:
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Identify duplicate objects to be merged. You can have the wizard
search Active Directory for possible duplicate Windows NT
accounts, or you can manually select the duplicate accounts that
you want to merge.
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Review and modify merge operations that the wizard has selected
to perform before you merge the duplicate accounts.
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Export and import lists of accounts. This functionality gives
you the flexibility to export a list of merge operations (pairs
of duplicate accounts) into a .CSV file so you can import them
back to the Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard for further
review. Then at a later time, you can run the merge process.
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Use
command-line options to run the wizard. For additional
information about command-line options, click the article number
below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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