Re: R2 Upgrade to SBS2003 Premium Questions before I get on with it.
- From: "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:45:54 -0500
Hi Kevin,
First, I'm not sure why Dell would tell you what they did. If you have a (1
NIC + router) network setup, ISA can't fully use that configuration since it
requires 2 NICS in the SBS server, so, unless you made some other setup
changes on your network, your "guests" would need to connect directly to
your SBS LAN to get to the Internet (not what you want). If you have a (2
NIC + router) network setup [with a wireless router], you could use ISA as
the LAN firewall, your guests would connect to the router and would be
outside your SBS LAN (what you want). In the first scenario, you couldn't
install ISA and use it as your LAN firewall. In the second, having ISA on
the LAN as the firewall would not come into play with your guest's Internet
access.
As for R2, it brings an integrated WSUS interface to the Server Management
console. If you want (need) to have deployment of security patches and
updates handled with the least amount of admin interaction, R2 may be a good
idea. However, you can download SBS 2003 SP1 and WSUS separately (and for
free) and install these to your existing SBS server. This would give you
most of the update/patch capabilities of R2.
Now, the R2 Premium upgrade (if you have SBS 2003 Premium now) also includes
SQL 2005 Workgroup which replaces SQL 2000. You would need to make sure any
3rd party SQL apps you are now running will be compatible with R2 before you
make the purchase.
And then there's the upgrade from ISA 2000 to ISA 2004 in the Premium
edition.
As for the upgrade itself... If your present SBS server is in good shape
and not acting up (hardware-wise or software-wise), you can do in-place
upgrade of R2 with the "version upgrade" product, which means no "swing
migration" is necessary.
So, if you need the extra features, go for R2. Otherwise, it's not a "must
have" upgrade.
Pricing (and upgrade paths) for Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/howtobuy/pricing.mspx
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2: Powering Small Businesses
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/r2/default.mspx#3
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2: Product Information (FAQs)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/faq/prodinfo.mspx
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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"Kevin Gal" <KevinGal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:72787E8E-1A63-4154-A7D4-5D443B66EFCE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I a "non" SBS2003 tech (recemmended by Dell as a SBS2003 expert) install
our
server in May and they had advised me that ISA was not very good and I
should
not install it on my server as as sometimes we have guest computer looking
for basisc internet access that are not connected to the network. I am not
sure if this was very good advise as pretty much everythignt they did has
had
some kind of flaw in it.
I am thinking of installing R2; will this just upgrade without me having
to
take anything off and or back up and then upload anything?
Secordly I think Anna Clark had recommended some else do a swing
migration;
is that possible if I want to use the same "server hardware". Does the
migration just transfer the data and not the settings or both?
PS is the the R2 worth the hassle of the upgrade? Kevin
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