+8675309 on the swing kit. Worth the money. Small TZ sonicwall works great. Give yourself a test lab to practice, then you can do the migration over a weekend with no problem.
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:45 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > ~ 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
