Re: Upgrading from NT4 to SBS2003 Premium

Dear TV:
Thanks for your update.

I have checked with our Product team. It appears that we are unable to
perform an in-place upgrade to w2k3 Standard Server from the NT4. I am so
sorry to tell you the bad news and hope that I can count on your
understanding on it.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Have a good day.

Best Regards
Edward Tian(MSFT)
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| From: "TeVan" <b@xxxxxx>
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| 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)
| > Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
| >
| > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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| >
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| >
| > Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
| > ======================================================
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| > | From: "TeVan" <b@xxxxxx>
| > | Subject: Upgrading from NT4 to SBS2003 Premium
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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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