xcalcs/xcopy or robocopy for the data on the server...
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Jesse Rink <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, I've gone through his swing migration too and it's really good. > But with 4-5 users I was leaning towards just starting fresh, thanks for > the conformation on that James. > > > > User Profile Migration Tool from ForensIT ( > http://www.forensit.com/domain-migration.html) helped me in the past when > changing users from one domain to another so they don't lose any settings > from their profile on their PC. > > > > One thing I don't remember is.... An easy way to migrate the shared > folders/data on the old SBS server to the new server, because all NTFS > permissions will have to be re-done since the old server would have been on > a different domain and the SIDs will be all different. So I guess any > folders/data that is transferred between servers will have to have to have > the NTFS permissions manually reset IIRC. ? > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [[email protected]] > on behalf of James Hill [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 17, 2013 7:46 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] sbs migration > > That’s still my preferred method for small and simple setups like you > describe. > > > > For more complicated or larger environments most find purchasing Jeff’s > offering as the best way to do it http://www.sbsmigration.com/ > > > > James. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jesse Rink > *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 December 2013 11:36 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] sbs migration > > > > I’ve done (3) SBS2003 to SBS2011 migrations in the past, many years ago. > Have another one coming up shortly. I seem to recall that a lot of people > balked at doing the Microsoft method of migration 2003->2011 with the SBS > migration tools because it typically ended up being way more headache than > it was worth (problems coming up, things not working as expected, etc.) > In the end it seemed that, if you only had a single server and couple > workstations (< 10), rather than going through the headache of the MS > migration method, to just build the new SBS server, rejoin the machines to > the domain, re-add the users, migrate the data, export/import the email via > PSTs, and be done with it, which seemed to save a LOT of wasted BS compared > to the problems encountered during MS’ migration procedure…. > > > > Curious to know if that’s still the preferred option for those of you > still involved in SBS? > > > > Thanks for any feedback. > > JR >
