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Migrating from 2003 Std Server to 2008 SBS server

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by wadrules1

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I have been unable to locate any whitepapers on this subject and I am going to have to perform this very soon. The existing 2003 server STD is not utilizing Exchange. I am just trying to migrate from 2003 Std. DC to 2008 SBS DC. Any help or directions would be greatly appreciated.

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by cg it

run setup. Follow the onscreen prompts. That's about it.

Because W2008 is a newer release, it should upgrade to SBS. A word of caution..as long as the W2003 Server handles all FSMO roles, is the DNS server and domain controller for the domain, SBS should extend the schema and install. you might have to run the addprep/forest prep and addprep/domain prep before installation. If at any point the install fails because of schema, run the preps.

Also make sure there are no other domain controllers with any roles. SBS box must have all roles. Make sure there are no trust relationships between other domains including child domains. SBS will not establish any trusts with other domains.

Make sure you have enough space in the system drive if you think 25 GB is enough, double it. If you have other drives, partition for applications, log files etc.

Exchange can chew up space very quickly from user mailbox sizes to transaction logs.

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