Identity and administration
- Existing Active Directory domain and user identities.
- Familiar Windows administration through RSAT.
- Group Policy administration.
- Existing domain-integrated administrative workflows.
WINDOWS AD MIGRATION
Keep your domain. Keep your tools. Leave Windows Server behind.
Move your existing Windows Active Directory environment to LGF without abandoning familiar administration workflows.
LIL provides compatibility scanning, guided migration, verification, and a supported path back to Windows Active Directory if your requirements change.
$2,500
Includes the migration engagement and one LGF license for the first domain controller.
WHAT YOU KEEP
Replace the domain controller infrastructure, not the identity environment you already understand.
The objective is to preserve relevant administrative workflows while changing the infrastructure that provides them.
Domain services
- DNS and domain services.
- Compatibility scanning before changes are made.
- Verification of domain operation and administration.
- A scoped migration plan for the environment we find.
HOW MIGRATION WORKS
A guided transition with a checkpoint at every stage.
Scan
Inspect the existing Windows Active Directory environment and identify compatibility issues before changes are made.
Migrate
Use LGF's guided domain controller migration workflow, including joining the existing domain, promotion, and transfer of domain responsibilities.
Verify
Validate domain operation, DNS, administrative compatibility, and migration readiness before retiring the Windows domain controller.
Retain your options
LGF supports a guided migration back to Windows Active Directory if requirements change. This is a planned path, not an instantaneous rollback guarantee.
WHY MOVE?
An alternative infrastructure platform without an unnecessary identity redesign.
- Reduce dependency on Windows Server licensing for supported domain services.
- Retain familiar administration tools.
- Avoid unnecessary identity migrations.
- Gain an alternative infrastructure platform.
- Maintain an option to return to Windows.
- Reduce repetitive infrastructure administration through LGF.
The engagement does not promise to eliminate all Microsoft licensing costs or replace every Windows Server workload.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
One defined engagement for $2,500.
- Initial domain assessment.
- Compatibility scanning.
- Migration planning.
- Guided Windows AD to LGF migration.
- Domain controller promotion and responsibility transfer.
- Verification and operational handoff.
- One LGF license for the first domain controller.
Additional or unusual requirements can be discussed during the initial assessment. No additional fixed-price packages are implied.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What customers usually want to know.
Will I lose my existing domain?
No. The migration is designed to preserve the existing domain and user identities while changing the domain controller infrastructure.
Can I continue using RSAT?
Yes. Familiar Windows administration through RSAT is part of the intended compatibility path.
What happens to Group Policy?
Group Policy administration is included in the compatibility and verification scope. The exact migration path depends on the existing environment.
What if compatibility scanning finds a problem?
We identify the issue before migration changes are made, explain the constraint, and discuss whether it can be addressed, scoped, or deferred.
Can I move back to Windows Active Directory?
LGF supports a guided path back to Windows Active Directory when requirements change. That path must be planned and verified; it is not an instantaneous rollback guarantee.
Does this replace every Windows Server workload?
No. This service focuses on supported domain controller, DNS, and related administrative functions. Application-specific workloads require separate assessment.
What is included in the $2,500 price?
The initial assessment, compatibility scan, migration planning, guided migration, responsibility transfer, verification, operational handoff, and one LGF license for the first domain controller.
READY TO PLAN?
Ready to move beyond Windows Server without leaving your domain behind?
Tell us about your current domain, users, policies, and domain controller environment.
CONTACT
Plan Your AD Migration
A short description of your current Active Directory environment is enough to begin.