Someone needs to write this up.  I wonder who could do that?  Oh, I know, how 
about you! :)  I bet the always helpful MBS would even post your write-up.

Speaking of that, whatever happened with the other person who was going to 
write an article and MBS offered to post it?




Carl Webster

Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional

http://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/>

________________________________
From: David Lum [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:01 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: My SBS swing brag

So, I successfully swung a small (17 employee law fim) client from SBS2003 to 
SBS2011 this weekend, went off with exactly one caveat: iPhone users had to 
delete, reboot, then recreate the Exchange accounts on their phones. That was 
it! Needless to say the client is very happy, and most employee’s hardly 
noticed a thing (other than I was onsite all day yesterday, which had never 
happened before ;-).

Convert everyone from Exchange 2003->Exchange 2010: Check
Convert domain controller to SBS2011 (aka2008R2): Check
Convert LexisNexis application from SQL2005 – SQL2008R2: Check
<Upgrade from PracticeAdvantage 10 to PA 11: Check!>
Move printers from 2003 32-bit server to SBS2011 64-bit server: check (this 
went easier than expected)
Recreate shared folders and perms: check
Copy all data to new server (did you know there’s a utility for 2008 R2 to 
restore from .BKF files?): Check
Reconfig home directories from share-per-user to single share/ABE/SBS2011 
default locations: Check

Worthy to note that SBS2011 really encourages you (er, me) to not treat SBS 
like just a small domain with Exchange. Pretty slick OS too.

I could NOT have done it without the SBSSwing kit, there are so many little 
things that Jeff’s team has figured out. I don’t have any current certs, but I 
passed that test! W00t!


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