Re: Can we upgrade the OEMSBS2000 to SBS2003 R2

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hi Anver,

The info you provide is a bit unclear, but if you are asking a licensing
question,
the answer is no, you can't transfer an OEM license from one box to another.

So you can't transfer SBS2k OEM to the new box as the basis to upgrade
to SBS2k3 R2. Even if you upgraded to SBS2k3 on the old box, you can't
transfer this to another box unless the replacement box has its own
qualifying
license, such as SBS2k3 or another SBS2k.

HTH,
Eugene Tan
SBS MVP

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"Anver" <Anver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have OEM SBS2000 - my concern is that can I upgrade this to OEM SBS2003
R2
in to a different server PC(I would like to change the existing server
PC)

(I will buy a new Server PC plus the upgrade version of SBS2003 R2 - is
that
possible?)
Kindly advise

Rgds


.



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