Re: Upgrading from NT4 to SBS2003 Premium

Thanks Edward,

That probably is the best way. But for the sake of argument, isn't it possible to do an In-Place upgrade to w2k3 Standard and then an In-Place upgrade to SBS 2k3? And if so, could an eval copy of w2k3 Standard be used for the brief interim step?

Thanks, TV




"Edward Tian" <v-edtian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:DwJpkG%238FHA.1236@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi TV:
> Thanks for posting here!
>
> Based on my research, the In-Place upgrade path from NT4 to SBS2003 is not
> possible; the migration to a different box is suggested method, we can
> install SBS 2003 on a new hardware; refer to the following white paper to
> do a migration of the user and computer accounts.
>
> Please check the white paper in the following link for the detailed
> migration steps: Migrating from Small Business Server 4.5 or Windows NT
> Server 4.0 to Windows Small Business Server 2003
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1c39e0a0-ac03-43a6-
> a457-81e1695e5bb6&displaylang=en
>
> The file name SBS_MigratingSBS45.doc and contains the detailed steps for
> migrating NT 4 to SBS 2K3. Basically, to upgrade to SBS 2K3 from NT4
> domain, you should perform a server migration (which involves installing
> SBS 2003 on a new computer and then migrating data and settings) instead of
> an In-Place upgrade.
>
> Before beginning the migration, you must connect the local network adapter
> for the destination server to the local network used by the source server,
> install SBS 2K3 on the destination server with the different computer name
> and domain name, use ADMT to migrate the user, group and computer accounts
> from the source NT server to the SBS 2K3 server, configure the destination
> server, and then finally configure the client computers. The client boxes
> will have no problem connecting to the new domain with the old profiles and
> user accounts; however, please Note that SBS2003 won't accept NT4 BDC, you
> need to remove it prior to the upgrade.
>
>
> In addition, the following is a list about useful resource for SBS 2K3:
>
> Resource Kit:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/default.asp.
>
> This page is the migration guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx.
>
> Feature guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/feature_guide.mspx
>
> Hands-On lab:
> http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/techinfo/training/default.msp
> x
>
> You had mentioned that you had multiple websites hosted by IIS. We can use
> the Internet Information Services 6.0 Migration Tool tool to migrate these
> web sites to the SBS 2003 server. You can download the tool here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2aefc3e4-ce97-4f25-
> ace6-127f933a6cd2&DisplayLang=en
>
> For detailed information on migrating web sites to IIS 6.0, please refer to:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deploy
> guide/en-us/iisdg_mei_kdya.asp?frame=true
>
> Hope the above info helps.
> If there's still anything unclear or you have concerns with, please do not
> hesitate to let us know.
>
> Best Regards
> Edward Tian(MSFT)
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> | We have an NT4 server (workgroup environment) running IIS. It has a
> complicated configuration with auditing, and lots of users. It's pretty
> much dedicated to this function, no Exchange or anything else I can think
> of.
> | It seems to survive an inplace upgrade to w2k3 Enterprise quite well.
> However, upgrade to SBS from there does not appear to be supported, from
> w2k3 Standard it is. We only have copies of Enterprise. Is there anyway
> around this? Can I use an eval of Standard then upgrade to SBS? Or, would I
> be better off using ADMT, IIS Migration Tool, reconfiguring the auditing,
> and hopefully not missing something?
> | I think all I need is IIS and the Users & Groups; but, I'm afraid I've
> overlooked something, hence the desire for inplace upgrades.
> | I can do this all offline without any impact. What's the best way to do
> this?
> | Thanks, TV
> |
>
.

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