Kinda what I thought, might be a technical licensing violation... On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:27 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:
> Doesn't that make it an illegal copy? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:38 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: My SBS swing brag > > I just did one but just used the MS docs. I didn't actually go all the > way with it. Got most everything migrated then broke the sbcore.exe > service on the SBS2003 machine so I could leave the old machine up and not > move all the printers, scan to SMB folders, and antivirus software. > The machine was still good for those light duty activities and it > simplified everything and saved the client some money. > > Bill > > Jonathan Link wrote: > > 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] > > <mailto:[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] > > <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! > > > > *David Lum* > > > > Systems Engineer // NWEA^TM > > Office 503.548.5229 <tel:503.548.5229> //* *Cell (voice/text) > > 503.267.9764 <tel: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] > > <mailto:[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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