Re: Upgrading SBS2000 to SBS2003 R2

I can tell you that I have a former client that attempted an inplace upgrade to SBS 2003 on their Dell Server (not as new as a 1900) and it caused nothing but headaches for them. Make sure you have disk images, backups, export mailboxes, etc, etc, before you start.

If you have a hefty workstation you could use for this, you could install swing this over and it would be much prettier
sbsmigration.com


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"Anish" <Anish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C32C9AAB-D745-4B20-8E4E-2274AA9555C5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have Dell Poweregde 1900 with SCSI Controllers and running on 2 Xeon 2.5
processors.

"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

How old is your hardware?
Do you have SCSI controllers?

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"Anish" <Anish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0230594F-B0DD-4CB9-B49D-E4E699864D22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Currently our SBS2000 machine is our domain controller and exchnage
> server. I
> want to upgrade to SBS2003 R2 is this task as easy as putting in the
> upgrade
> CD and follow all the required instructions or is configuring DNS, DHCP
> and
> other step required.
>
> Please advise.



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