I'd say it depends on the reasons you're moving to the new server. Are you having issues with the current one, wanting to change the site code? Or is it working perfectly and just for the purposes of a hardware or OS upgrade? If it's just a hardware or OS upgrade and you're good with keeping everything else the same, site backup and recovery is perfectly fine. If you're doing it because you're having issues with the OS or site, consolidating multiple sites and a CAS to a stand-alone primary, wanting to change site codes, etc, you will want to stand up a new site and migrate to it.
Russ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Poling Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 12:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] Move single primary site server I am curious for the community's take on moving to a new site server. What options are there? Is it best to stand up a new site/server/etc. and migrate? Or is restoring from backup to a server with the same name best? I realize "best" is subjective. . .just looking for experiences and options. Thanks, Jeff
