Not by much. I used the SBSMigration swing kit to swing to new hardware a while back. I could've done everything in it manually, certainly. The ~$200 for me was well worth it to put all the pieces of information together in one spot. Saying I used this tool for this reason and then how you used it is an entirely reasonable topic to blog about.
Yes, all the information out there is freely available. Is it worth spending some money to 1) put it all in one place and 2) highlight some common points of trouble[1]. [1] I had one of those common points of trouble. It was nice having something in hand instead of googling for it hoping someone else had tread the path I was walking... On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:42 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 J**** > > ** ** > > 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]> 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!**** > > *David Lum* > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764**** > > **** > > **** > > ~ 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**** > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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