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Access-control Policy Migration Scenario

The following example is a scenario requiring migration of access control policies:

All of the files for a project on a file server have an access control list (ACL) that grants the group ProjectTeam read/write access to the project files.

ProjectTeam is a security group that has a unique security identity in the Windows XP account directory. If the project changes and ProjectTeam merges into a larger project team, the administrator might want to change the access permissions on the project files. The read/write access-control rights granted to the original ProjectTeam can be replaced by access rights granted to a NewProjectTeam group. NewProjectTeam can be defined in a different domain and project file server. The computer on which the project file server runs can move from the current domain to a new domain for the larger project. In changing situations like this, SIDWalker can facilitate managing and updating security access policies on the servers involved.