Active Directory and Exchange migrations on the way to Dover Published April 7, 2010 By 436th Communications Squadron DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- Dover will soon become the second Air Mobility Command base to migrate its computer users into the Air Force Network. Over a six week period beginning April 29 an Air Force Active Directory and Exchange project team will begin migrating Dover AFB workstations, network users and e-mail into the AFNet. The goal of ADX is to collapse all individual Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard networks into a single network. Until now, bases or MAJCOMs have operated their networks independently. ADX will place Air Force cyber operations under the operational control of a single commander. This will yield a significant improvement in the Air Force's ability to fight daily virus activity and malicious intrusion attempts. Additionally, ADX will centralize services like email and data storage, significantly improving network security and standardization. Finally, operational costs will be reduced through the elimination of redundant systems and services. The most visible change will be in the format of your e-mail address. The migration replaces the old first.last@dover.af.mil e-mail address with your E-mail-4-Life address. You can find your E4L address at https://e4l.ads.af.mil. This new addresses will remain with users for the duration of their career, employment or affiliation with the Air Force regardless of the base or organization assigned. As more bases join the AFNet, Airmen will be able to login to their accounts from any AFNet base without requesting and creating an additional account. This will allow easy access to the network throughout TDY's and PCS moves. Sites such as the Air Force Portal, Air Force Personnel Center, Defense Finance Accounting Service will remain easily accessible regardless of your duty location. As Dover approaches its projected start date, a team of Air Force Network Integration Center, 690th Network Support Group and 436th Communication Squadron technicians is already busy preparing equipment and resources to facilitate the migration of almost 7,000 users. As Dover moves closer to and into the ADX migration you may see pop-ups on your workstations to run new programs and scripts. Please let these programs run, do not close out of them, as they are key tools to ensure the success of the ADX migration. The 436th Communications Squadron will publish additional information in the coming weeks to ensure the smoothest possible transition into the AFNet.