Re: SBS Server 2003 License question

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On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:20:01 -0700, Peterv
<Peterv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi
I want to upgrade the hardware on one of our SBS2003 servers. Can I still
use our existing license and simply re-install on the new hardware using the
original installation key?
Why are you asking HERE? This would be better asked in an SBS group.

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