One task for which Phoenix will be useful for is merging domains to accommodate applications such as Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange Server, which runs better under one domain. We installed Phoenix on a server running Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 3 installed, but it can also run on Windows NT Server 3.51. Installation is automated, but the required activation key must be entered by manually starting the registration program. To see how easy FastLane's tool was to use, we jumped right in without reading the documentation. We were pleasantly surprised.
Phoenix consists of a single tabbed dialog box.
We started with the first tab and clicked all the buttons in order. Phoenix stepped us through the entire migration process. It was simply a matter of selecting appropriate items, such as the list of users or groups to migrate, at each step. Each button describes an action, and a status field to the right shows the amount of work done after each click. The buttons have self-explanatory labels, such as Create Server List and Update User Rights.