Moving Windows Server 2003 to a new hardware

Hi there.

Here's my situation: I have a small network with only one server and a few
workstations, but the server machine is a little bit old so we bought a new
machine to replace the old server. The actual server configuration is like
this:

- Windows Server 2003 SP1 (actually the language is Portuguese-Brazil, but
I'm changing it to English-US in the new box)
- Exchange Server 2003 SP2
- ISA Server 2004 SP2
- Sharepoint Services (version 6.0.2.6568, I think it's SP2)
- SQL Server 2000 SP3 (for the moment the only application that uses it is
Sharepoint)

As the only server, it is the domain controller and also holds all the stuff
like DNS server and DHCP server.

So, what I want to do is just move all that stuff to the new machine. I've
already done a clean install of Windows Server 2003 SP1 on the new machine
and joined the domain (had some problem with that but now it's solved,
thanks to MS User2006: "Error: Server 2003 joining Server 2003 Domain" <
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.general/browse_thread/thread/a4fa3b14159ce31c/
).

I imagine that I can move easily the Exchange data with a backup/restore
procedure, the same with SQL Server, and I probably can export/import the
few policies I have in ISA Server, but what I am most concerned about is the
transfer of Active Directory data, including Exchange stuff.

I've already read another discussions where people suggested that the
easiest way to do it is promoting the new server to a Domain Controller
(dcpromo), wait till both DCs synchronize the AD data, move FSMO roles (??
that one I'll have to study a little bit more), and finally demote the old
server:

Google Groups - microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory - Moving the
Active Directory
<
http://groups.google.com.br/group/microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory/browse_thread/thread/a1b0275763023948/ >
Google Groups - microsoft.public.win2000.setup - Moving Active Directory
Help needed
<
http://groups.google.com.br/group/microsoft.public.win2000.setup/browse_thread/thread/97726afa23d9f1b3/ >
Google Groups - microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory - moving
active directory from 1 DC to a new DC
<
http://groups.google.com.br/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory/browse_thread/thread/8a165efb8d091681/ >

But my question is, with that configuration, is it really all that have to
be done? And another question is, isn't there some article that explains
those procedures easily, like a tutorial or something like that?


TIA,
Lobo.


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