Re: Upgrading from SBS2003 Evaluation Kit to the Real Thing

During the active 180 day trial period it can be upgraded. After that I
think you have to install from scratch.

"Computerfriend" <computerfriend@xxxxxxxxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message
news:16BC3CAE-679C-40CA-BA11-88B7F5162432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,
I am a MS Small Business Specialist. Recently a customer of mine called
saying that he was firing his administrator because he had used the
SBS2003
Evaluation Kit and his server was running perfectly. Then, when his trial
period ran out, his administrator told him that the entire server would
have
to be redone because there was no "activation" system in place to just
purchase SBS2003 and upgrade the Evalution Kit to a full blown version of
SBS2003 Standard Edition (which was what he was evaluating).

Is this true? Is it not possible to get a network running on an evaluation
solution and then "go live" without starting over again?

Any help you can give in this matter will be appreciated.
--
Computerfriend
artondisk.com


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