Quest On Demand Migration for Active Directory / Entra ID
Quest Software
Paid
Near-zero - continuous sync, minutes to cut over
Both
Enterprise estates
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What it is good at
No trust and no on-prem migration servers required. Handles AD-to-AD, AD-to-Entra ID and tenant-to-tenant, with device (Entra join) migration in the same workflow - the modern M&A answer.
Where it falls down
SaaS, so your directory metadata transits a Quest-hosted service. Per-user cost.
Capabilities
- Coexistence during migration
- Directory synchronisation
- Password migration / sync
- Programme reporting / audit trail
- Workstation / device migration
- Multi-tenant / multi-forest
Cost and licensing
- Cost category
- Paid — Commercial licence required.
- Indicative price
- SaaS, per-user subscription, quote based
- Licence model
- SaaS subscription licensed per migrated user/device, term based.
- How to license it
- Purchased as a term subscription through Quest or a partner; entitlements appear in the On Demand tenant. Sized per user and per device.
- Lifecycle
- Current
- Vendor page
- https://www.quest.com/products/on-demand-migration/active-directory/
Pricing and licensing last reviewed 2026-09-18. Indicative only - confirm with the vendor.
Supported sources
- Any platform
Supported targets
- Any platform
Scenarios it covers
- Inter-forest migration (forest A to forest B)
- Entra ID tenant to tenant
- Merger / acquisition (long coexistence required)
- Divestiture / carve-out (split one directory into two)
- On-premises AD to Entra ID (cloud-only / Entra join)
- Hybrid identity re-platform (change sync topology)