Mac File Migration Between Windows File Servers (NAS to SAN)

My company has upgraded our Windows based file server from a NAS to a SAN, and I need to know the best method to migrate our Mac files from the old Windows Server to the new Windows Server; do we have to use a Mac to preserve resource fork data?
The last time our IT provider attempted to initiate a Windows file transfer of our Mac files, all resource fork data was lost, zeroing out all fonts associated with job files (very bad).

Resource forks appear as normal files and directories to Windows systems. If you copy all your directories and files with complete content directly from the old server to the new server (which is much faster than copying them from one server to the other using a client machine), you also copy the resource forks.
I suggest copying (not moving) all data directly from server to server and check after that if the resource forks are still in good state. If not, you still have the (working) data on the old server and can try out other methods.

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I am quite a simple soul really and very easily pleased.
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I searched everywhere but couldn't find my exact question. I'm new to the MAC world...
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