Sure, but it would look a lot like this: Step 1: Buy a kit from SBSMigration.com Step 2: The end
That _might_ be oversimplifying it :) Dave From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: My SBS swing brag In keeping with the current fashion, you should definitely write a blog post on your migration On 13 March 2012 14:01, David Lum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 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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