Have them buy a SonicWALL or something. "Also curious about any gotchas involved in the 2003->2011 upgrade I need to know about ahead of time while planning this?" Yes, there are many, and you'll avoid 95% of them by buying a swing kit from sbsmigration.com GPO's, permissions, OU structure, domain forest level, DNS entries, SBS Service pack flags are just a few you might run in to. The SBS swing kit has tools that will expose many of the gotcha's and I can guarantee you it's worth every penny.
You'll get really good at ADSIEdit and NTDSUtil My first test run through SBS2003 -> SBS2011 took probably 30 hours all said and done Having practiced it a few times, it's now a nearly trivial (by comparison) seven hour job soup to nuts Dave -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SBS2003 to SBS2011 upgrade 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 Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 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 ~ 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
