ADMT Migration and Network Ports

by [Published on 18 Dec. 2014 / Last Updated on 18 Dec. 2014]

This tip explains the network ports which you need to open for ADMT to work properly.

If you are performing an ADMT migration from a computer which sits behind the firewall, it is important that you open the required network ports to allow ADMT computer to communicate with both source and target domain controllers. 

ADMT will fail to work if below network ports are not opened:

  • 389 - LDAP
  • 88 - Kerberos
  • 53 - DNS
  • 445 - SMB/CIFS
  • 3268 - GC
  • 135 - RPC
  • 1024-65535 - Dynamic Port Range

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Nirmal is a MCSEx3, MCITP and was awarded Microsoft MVP award in Directory Services and Windows Networking. He is specialized in Directory Services, Failover cluster, Hyper-V, System Center, Windows Azure, and Exchange Servers and has been involved in Microsoft Technologies since 1994. In his spare time, he offers technical help by writing tips and articles on several web sites. Nirmal can be reached at nirmal_sharma@mvps.org.

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Nirmal Sharma is a MCSEx3, MCITP, and was awarded Microsoft MVP in Directory Services. In his spare time, he likes to help others and share some of his knowledge by writing tips and articles for various online communities. Nirmal can also be found contributing to PowerShell based Dynamic Packs for ADHealthProf.ITDynamicPacks.Net solutions.