How to use the User State Migration Tool (USMT) in Windows 10

Are you wondering how to quickly and easily migrate Windows 10 settings to newly deployed machines? One of the tools that can simplify large scale migrations is a component within the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), called the User State Migration Tool or USMT. In this video, Wes will walk you step by step through the process of downloading, installing and utilizing USMT. Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit for Windows 10 (Windows ADK) User State Migration Tool Overview Getting Started with User State Migration Tool (USMT) Single PC migrations Microsoft recommended PCmover by Laplink Main files for USMT: migapp.xml = migration of application settings migdocs.xml = migration of documents miguser = migration of user-defined settings config.xml = generated with scanstate, used by loadstate to exclude migration data scan.log = logfile generated with scanstate and loadstate To migrate settings use scanstate: scanstate \servernamemigrationstore /i:migapp.xml /i:migdocs.xml /v:13 /l:scan.log To load migration data to the new computer: loadstate \servernamemigrationstore /i:migapp.xml /i:migdocs.xml /v:13 /l:scan.log #usmt