Re: SBS 4.5 and SBS 2003

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From: Mark (info_at_nospam.mcse2000.com)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:56:21 -0500

JOel, is 100% on the mark with this. PTA works fine and you won't have any
issues provided the domains are named differently. I have 2 clients setup
this way for various reasons.

"Joel Robinson" <joel@askjoel.com> wrote in message
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> If you insure that both servers have the same users and passwords, the 2
> can co-exist despite claims to the contrary.
>
> Doing exactly this right now at my own site and a client site NO PROBLEM.
> So I can access an old sbs4.5 and a new sbs2003. On same numbering scheme
> (old server is 10.0.0.2 and new is 10.0.0.250).
>
> Makes conversion a breeze.
>
> joel in toronto
> "ron gabaree" <rgabaree@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:t9GdnRMZeL_v3xHcRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> Normally SBS servers have to be the "first" server on a network and
>> cannot
>> coexist on the same LAN. That being said....you certainly can have them
>> both
>> on the same LAN for the purposes of transfering data...etc. However...I
>> wouldn't reccomend having two different SBS servers on the same LAN as a
>> permanent solution.
>>
>> However...normal servers can join an SBS domain without issue.
>>
>> I hope this helps....
>>
>> Ron
>> "Tim" <Tim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6D50C89F-7CD4-4A7A-8BD1-7BAA06B42285@microsoft.com...
>>> Is is possible for SBS 2003 to be a primary server and interact
>> successfully
>>> with the old SBS 4.5 server? In other words, users would be logged in
>>> and
>>> managed by the SBS 2003 server but some resources like mapped drives and
>>> databases would still reside on the older server?
>>> --
>>> SSA III
>>> Pediatric Hypertension
>>
>>
>
>

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