For the firewall you're going to get several suggestions. There are those by Fortinet, Sonicwall, Watchguard and similar. Then there is Untangle and a few others that I can't think of right now.
As for the upgrade my experience has been YMMV. Most have gone well but there have been a few.... Usually the problem is on the SBS 2003 side with something being a little "off". Make sure you double-check everything on the source side (SBS 2003) is clean and passes all the tests. Get rid of any old things that are not needed. Have a couple of backups for "just in case" issues. Remember you have 21 days to finish. When you start the migration there will be tests done to make sure everything is good. Any errors need to be fixed. There are three ways I have seen this migration done. The Microsoft way following their docs, doing the "Swing Migration" by Jeff Middleton and starting from scratch and create a new domain. The create new depends on how many users and how clean the current setup is. Sometimes it's nice to just start from the beginning. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SBS2003 to SBS2011 upgrade I realize that. But I don't think it's supported on SBS2011, even with a separate purchase. Cusomer does not want to furnish a separate server for TMG. So I'm curious about other alternatives for Small businesses... thinking of a cheap firewall device? Original Message: ----------------- From: Cynicalgeek [email protected] Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:02:41 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SBS2003 to SBS2011 upgrade They replaced ISA with Forefront. Take look at that. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:59 AM, [email protected] <[email protected] > wrote: > Looking for input from anyone familiar with a SBS2003 to SBS2011 upgrade. > > I know SBS2011 doesn't come with ISA/TMG firewall anymore, and the > current > SBS2003 server is using that so I need a suitable replacement for ISA/TMG. > Customer doesn't want to spend money on a separate TMG software > package and > a server to put it on so... Maybe a small firewall appliance? Their > current SBS2003 box is mainly just their firewall, file/print, and Exchange > 2003 server. > > Also curious about any gotchas involved in the 2003->2011 upgrade I > need to > know about ahead of time while planning this? > > Thanks > J > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium MicrosoftR WindowsR and Linux web and > application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > -- -cynicalgeek- cynicalgeek<at>gmail.com -- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
