Re: Upgrading to SBS 2003

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As to upgrading an existing SBS2000 site to SBs2003 and new hardware, one
suggestion would be to take a look at Keff's Swing Migration at
www.sbsmigration.com

As to installing SBS over XP -- my answer would be "No, buy new hardware for
the server". several reasons:
1. SBS is a server O/S, not a workstation upgrade.
2. Would I be right in guessing that the XP is also used as a workstation
from time to time? You will lose a workstation if you upgrade to SBS
3. The hardware for a workstation is generally less reliable and redundant
for a server. I sell my customers server hardware that have redundant power
supplies, Raid-5 hardware controller for redundancy in case of a disk
failure, etc.

--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"AJ" <AJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E11E3BAD-96D0-490C-9CF9-B8B295D0BA31@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> One of the companies in my group has a peer to peer network with around 5
> users.
>
> The security of the files and the permissions is my concern.
>
> I would like to upgrade the server (presently XP Pro holding all the
> shared
> folders) to SBS.
>
> Will I be able to just install SBS over XP as an upgrade or should I do a
> clean install?
>
> Another of the companies has SBS 2000, I would like to upgrade the
> hardware
> and the OS. What processes should I follow to retain the existing SBS
> when
> moving to the new SBS 2003 machine to ensure all the profiles and settings
> are retained?
>
> Regards,
>
> AJ


.

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