Here is aPowerShell script to archive all users within an organisational unit (Disabled Users) to a network path.
Prerequisite is to grant your Administrator account with ownership/full control permissions to home folders in question prior move.
If this condition is not met, then original home folders will remain with remnant data which was inaccessible.
$users = Get-AdUser -SearchBase "OU=Disabled Users,OU=CompanyName,DC=Domain,DC=Local" -Filter * Foreach ($user in $users) { $username = $user.SAMAccountName $name = $user.name $oldhome = "\\Domain.Local\DFS\Users\$username\" if(!(Test-Path "\\ArchiveServer\Archive$\$name\Home\")) { MD "\\ArchiveServer\Archive$\$name\Home\"} $newhome = "\\ArchiveServer\Archive$\$name\Home\" #echo $home #echo $destination Move-Item -path $oldhome -destination $newhome -Exclude "*RECYCLE.BIN*" -force -ErrorAction ignore }