SBS 2000 to 2003 Server licensing ?

I just need to find out if I'm correct on the licensing for upgrading from
SBS 2000 to 2003 Server.

Current installation:
SBS 2000 with 30 licenses. Only other component being used is Exchange.

To upgrade I will need:
SBS 2003 UPGRADE
20 pack of upgrade licenses
5 pack of upgrade licenses

then

SBS 2003 Transition pack
20 pack of Trans pack licenses
5 pack of Trans pack licenses


After this the OS and Exchange will be licensed as stand-alone products with
no artificial limitations.

Am I missing anything here?

I can't find any info on free disk space requirements for the
upgrade/transition, are these documented somewhere? I've looked in the SBS
2003 upgrade docs that I can find but can't seem to locate this info.
Any other hints or tips on pulling this upgrade off that aren't covered in
MS docs?

Thank you,

Don

Oliver
Mon May 01 09:27:50 CDT 2006

Hi Don,

> I just need to find out if I'm correct on the licensing for upgrading
> from SBS 2000 to 2003 Server.

Ahhm, let me just ask you, why you want to transition from SBS to "normal
Server" for just 30 Users if "only" Exchange is used by now!?

> Current installation:
> SBS 2000 with 30 licenses. Only other component being used is
> Exchange.
> To upgrade I will need:
> SBS 2003 UPGRADE
> 20 pack of upgrade licenses
> 5 pack of upgrade licenses

As far as there are no UPGRADE or UPDATE Licenses available, you are theoretically
right.
But why don't you buy the Fullversions directly?

And again why do you want to change to normal Server for 30 Users?

--
Gruß/Greetings,
Oliver Sommer [MVP]
"Wake on LAN für den Remote Web Arbeitsplatz" und weitere SBS Tools jetzt
unter: http://sbstools.de

Don
Mon May 01 10:01:01 CDT 2006

It isn't the number of users that is the problem, it is the fact that we need
to set up a trust relationship from our domain to the domain that is running
SBS2000. Unfortunately this is not possible. Sort of irritating to have to
go through this whole messy and expensive process just to set up a domain
trust.

"Oliver Sommer [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Don,
>
> > I just need to find out if I'm correct on the licensing for upgrading
> > from SBS 2000 to 2003 Server.
>
> Ahhm, let me just ask you, why you want to transition from SBS to "normal
> Server" for just 30 Users if "only" Exchange is used by now!?
>
> > Current installation:
> > SBS 2000 with 30 licenses. Only other component being used is
> > Exchange.
> > To upgrade I will need:
> > SBS 2003 UPGRADE
> > 20 pack of upgrade licenses
> > 5 pack of upgrade licenses
>
> As far as there are no UPGRADE or UPDATE Licenses available, you are theoretically
> right.
> But why don't you buy the Fullversions directly?
>
> And again why do you want to change to normal Server for 30 Users?
>
> --
> GruÃ?/Greetings,
> Oliver Sommer [MVP]
> "Wake on LAN für den Remote Web Arbeitsplatz" und weitere SBS Tools jetzt
> unter: http://sbstools.de
>
>
>

Steve
Mon May 01 14:07:29 CDT 2006

Why irritating when no trusts is one of the core limitations of SBS which
you knew when you purchased it.

"Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3D2AB904-199C-4EB8-A0C2-C42209056A7B@microsoft.com...
> It isn't the number of users that is the problem, it is the fact that we
> need
> to set up a trust relationship from our domain to the domain that is
> running
> SBS2000. Unfortunately this is not possible. Sort of irritating to have
> to
> go through this whole messy and expensive process just to set up a domain
> trust.
>
> "Oliver Sommer [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Don,
>>
>> > I just need to find out if I'm correct on the licensing for upgrading
>> > from SBS 2000 to 2003 Server.
>>
>> Ahhm, let me just ask you, why you want to transition from SBS to "normal
>> Server" for just 30 Users if "only" Exchange is used by now!?
>>
>> > Current installation:
>> > SBS 2000 with 30 licenses. Only other component being used is
>> > Exchange.
>> > To upgrade I will need:
>> > SBS 2003 UPGRADE
>> > 20 pack of upgrade licenses
>> > 5 pack of upgrade licenses
>>
>> As far as there are no UPGRADE or UPDATE Licenses available, you are
>> theoretically
>> right.
>> But why don't you buy the Fullversions directly?
>>
>> And again why do you want to change to normal Server for 30 Users?
>>
>> --
>> Gruß/Greetings,
>> Oliver Sommer [MVP]
>> "Wake on LAN für den Remote Web Arbeitsplatz" und weitere SBS Tools jetzt
>> unter: http://sbstools.de
>>
>>
>>