Fair enough. We went to 2008 very soon after it came out (it was pretty much a greenfields install here). Now that we are deploying Win 7 there are times where I wish we already had R2 on the back end.
-----Original Message----- From: Burian, Matthew J. (mjb) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 16 February 2010 11:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Moving from Server 2003 to 2008 Not going directly to 2008 R2 mainly because of licensing reasons right now. We already own the original Server 2008. Matt On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:22 PM, James Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Any reason for not going straight to 2008 R2? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Burian, Matthew J. (mjb) [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 16 February 2010 4:14 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Moving from Server 2003 to 2008 > > All, > > I am currently in the process of planning the migration of a primary > domain controller running Windows Server 2003 R2 to Windows Server > 2008. The 2003 server is running on hardware that is going to be > retired, and the 2008 server will be installed on new hardware. I > need to get all of the AD services and data up and running on the 2008 > box so that I can pull the 2003 box out and the 2008 will take over > with as little downtime as possible. > > Has anyone had experience doing this recently and could share some > techniques that worked well? In theory, I was thinking that I would > leave the 2003 server running, install the 2008 server and connect it > to the domain as a member server, then transfer all of the AD/DNS data > to the 2008 box and promote it to a DC. However, I am not sure of the > best way to accomplish this task. Any input would be appreciated. > Thanks! > > Matt Burian | Sr. IT Consultant > Burian Information Technology, LLC. > [email protected] | Bus: 937 660-8196 | Cell: 937 681-3600 > > > > > This electronic transmission is intended for the addressee(s) named > above. It may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or > otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the > intended recipient any review, disclosure, copy, dissemination, or any > other use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this transmission in error, please notify the sender and then > delete this message. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
