USMT User Data Migration Typically in the past data has been migrated manually by IT, this generally takes up a lot of time for the IT person involved in migrating the data and can result in varying experiences for the user. The USMT (User State Migration Tool) from Microsoft can be used to provide a much quicker and consistent migration experience for both the IT person and the general user. Setup USMT Download USMT and put on a file share either on a PC or a server in this case it is on C Root (Make sure enough disk space is available). Inside the Microsoft USMT 4.0 the folder structure should look like the following ScanState .Bat File Create a batch file under Microsoft USMT 4.0 with the following command (TEST3007 in this case is the PC that the migration data will be stored on) pushd "\\TEST3007\C$\Microsoft USMT 4.0\x86" scanstate.exe \\TEST3007\C$\PCBackup\%computername% /ui:DOMAINNAME\* /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser