Re: New Domain or Migrate?

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Good Advice. I dont' mind re-working 20 desktops over a weekend to join them
to the new domain. I would think all I need to do is dis-join them and then
join them to the new domain while retaining the configurations of desktop
icons etc from teh old user profile.

I use Acronis True Image for backup. The RD1000 just shows up in SBS 2003 as
a removeable drive. It has 160GB SATA cartridges. Would it not work the same
way with Acronis on 2008? I understood that SBS 2008 handles USB drives fine
for the built in backup software?

"Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" wrote:

In addition to the other comments...the RD1000 from Dell does not work with SBS 2008 unless you are going to purchase 3rd party software.

Setting up a whole new domain for 20 workstations is going to involve a lot of touching of workstations. if you had 10 or fewer, new domain is fine.

Consider the actual migration from Microsoft or sbsmigration.com


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"Quicksilver" <Quicksilver.3x2p7b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Quicksilver.3x2p7b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

First I apologize for the long post but this has been on my mind for a
few weeks now and looking for advice.

Current Situation:

SBS 2003 Premium
Not using SQL from SBS but have another server using SQL 2005
Exchange currently not hosting email (ISP hosts Pop3) and each Outlook
client retrieves Pop3 email on a per client basis.
Using Sharepoint
About 20 Desktops in the building


Proposed Setup:

SBS 2008 Standard on a new server
Will be hosting email with Exchange 2007
Will be using Folder Re-direction
Plan to setup some GPO's
RD1000 Backup Unit (new) for backing up exchange, data and possibly
Images of workstations.

My dilema is whether to do a migration to SBS 2008 using an answer file
or install 2008 and do everything from scratch. I plan to do this over a
weekend to minimize downtime. Now my problem lies in that the old server
is using the domain name (locally) that I want to use for the new server
network as well. It is also our fqdn that will be in use for email and
sharepoint hosting. I also need to run Blackberry Professional software
on the new server.

Would you install a whole new network and reconfigure all 20 desktops
to point to the new server or use the migration process?

I need to have all the exchange data moved to the new server. They will
have new email addresses. Have to setup my MX record with my ISP before
the weekend. I also need to have a backup email system in case exchange
goes down to hld the email in a queue until it comes back online. I have
heard good things about AppRiver but not sure how to go about it.


I had some thoughts of wiping all the desktops and putting fresh
installs of XP Pro on them but that would involve a ton of work as we
use numerous programs per machine including MS dynamics.

Any thoughts or advice?


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