Has anybody upgraded to SBS2003? Was it easy? Were there any problems?

Thanks,
Jasper

Re: Upgrade to SBS2003 by Mariette

Mariette
Mon Feb 09 15:43:39 CST 2004

In news:OoHtYV17DHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Jasper Recto <jrecto99@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Has anybody upgraded to SBS2003? Was it easy? Were there any
> problems?

Well, from Linux it was a very difficult job but from SBS 2000 it is not
that difficult :-)

Upgrading to Windows Small Business Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx

--
Mariëtte Knap - MVP
http://www.smallbizserver.net



Re: Upgrade to SBS2003 by Duncan

Duncan
Mon Feb 09 16:33:18 CST 2004

In article <OhSfJX17DHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>,
mariette@smallbizserver.local says...
> In news:OoHtYV17DHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
> Jasper Recto <jrecto99@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anybody upgraded to SBS2003? Was it easy? Were there any
> > problems?
>
> Well, from Linux it was a very difficult job but from SBS 2000 it is not
> that difficult :-)
>
> Upgrading to Windows Small Business Server 2003:
> http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx

Jasper's probably read that page - like me - several times. I think
what he wants to know is what I also want to know - he asked it.

Was it easy?

Were there any problems?

More questions from me...
* any pitfalls to watch out for

Basically, I'd like to hear some feedback from people that have Upgraded
SBS2000 to 2003 (not migrated - upgraded).

Surely to god lots of folk here have been through the procedure - yet I
see no feedback, no "well here's how it went for me" ? It's like no
one's done the upgrade, everyones done the migrate (no good for my new
(ish) client with 1yr old hardware - and no intention nor need to buy
another server to migrate to).

What are folks upgrade experiences ???

--
Duncan

Re: Upgrade to SBS2003 by Susan

Susan
Mon Feb 09 19:51:07 CST 2004

They are over in the SBS2k3 group.

What I've seen....

1. Permissions that are left are a bit of a mixture of 2k and 2k3
2. A couple of people have gotten stuck on Exchange
3. Some have gotten a "update stopped, please see log file"

But remember we only see the problem ones in here and this is a
"support' group.


Duncan McC wrote:
> In article <OhSfJX17DHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>,
> mariette@smallbizserver.local says...
>
>>In news:OoHtYV17DHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
>>Jasper Recto <jrecto99@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Has anybody upgraded to SBS2003? Was it easy? Were there any
>>>problems?
>>
>>Well, from Linux it was a very difficult job but from SBS 2000 it is not
>>that difficult :-)
>>
>>Upgrading to Windows Small Business Server 2003:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx
>
>
> Jasper's probably read that page - like me - several times. I think
> what he wants to know is what I also want to know - he asked it.
>
> Was it easy?
>
> Were there any problems?
>
> More questions from me...
> * any pitfalls to watch out for
>
> Basically, I'd like to hear some feedback from people that have Upgraded
> SBS2000 to 2003 (not migrated - upgraded).
>
> Surely to god lots of folk here have been through the procedure - yet I
> see no feedback, no "well here's how it went for me" ? It's like no
> one's done the upgrade, everyones done the migrate (no good for my new
> (ish) client with 1yr old hardware - and no intention nor need to buy
> another server to migrate to).
>
> What are folks upgrade experiences ???
>

--
http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm


Re: Upgrade to SBS2003 by Jasper

Jasper
Tue Feb 10 08:55:29 CST 2004

Yes! Duncan is right.
But since he mention migration, I would also like to know if a migration to
a new system is easier. We might purchase a new server and use that instead
of an upgrade. What issues do people encouter with a migration?

Thanks,
Jasper

"Duncan McC" <hard@work.ok> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a92d1d48c02273998974d@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <OhSfJX17DHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>,
> mariette@smallbizserver.local says...
> > In news:OoHtYV17DHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
> > Jasper Recto <jrecto99@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Has anybody upgraded to SBS2003? Was it easy? Were there any
> > > problems?
> >
> > Well, from Linux it was a very difficult job but from SBS 2000 it is not
> > that difficult :-)
> >
> > Upgrading to Windows Small Business Server 2003:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx
>
> Jasper's probably read that page - like me - several times. I think
> what he wants to know is what I also want to know - he asked it.
>
> Was it easy?
>
> Were there any problems?
>
> More questions from me...
> * any pitfalls to watch out for
>
> Basically, I'd like to hear some feedback from people that have Upgraded
> SBS2000 to 2003 (not migrated - upgraded).
>
> Surely to god lots of folk here have been through the procedure - yet I
> see no feedback, no "well here's how it went for me" ? It's like no
> one's done the upgrade, everyones done the migrate (no good for my new
> (ish) client with 1yr old hardware - and no intention nor need to buy
> another server to migrate to).
>
> What are folks upgrade experiences ???
>
> --
> Duncan



Re: Upgrade to SBS2003 by Skip

Skip
Tue Feb 10 21:58:29 CST 2004

I did an upgrade when it was in beta, so keep that in consideration. Things
have improved immensely.

I got told so many times by people to do a clean install of SBS2K3 that the
fear tactics worked and that's the route I actually went when it went live.
I would recommend you repost this to the SBS2K3 newsgroup, you're more
likely to get a good/quick response there.

It's at: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

Skip Shean


"Duncan McC" <hard@work.ok> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a92d1d48c02273998974d@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <OhSfJX17DHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>,
> mariette@smallbizserver.local says...
> > In news:OoHtYV17DHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
> > Jasper Recto <jrecto99@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Has anybody upgraded to SBS2003? Was it easy? Were there any
> > > problems?
> >
> > Well, from Linux it was a very difficult job but from SBS 2000 it is not
> > that difficult :-)
> >
> > Upgrading to Windows Small Business Server 2003:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx
>
> Jasper's probably read that page - like me - several times. I think
> what he wants to know is what I also want to know - he asked it.
>
> Was it easy?
>
> Were there any problems?
>
> More questions from me...
> * any pitfalls to watch out for
>
> Basically, I'd like to hear some feedback from people that have Upgraded
> SBS2000 to 2003 (not migrated - upgraded).
>
> Surely to god lots of folk here have been through the procedure - yet I
> see no feedback, no "well here's how it went for me" ? It's like no
> one's done the upgrade, everyones done the migrate (no good for my new
> (ish) client with 1yr old hardware - and no intention nor need to buy
> another server to migrate to).
>
> What are folks upgrade experiences ???
>
> --
> Duncan



Re: Upgrade to SBS2003 by Duncan

Duncan
Wed Feb 11 14:01:54 CST 2004

In article <OEmE3LF8DHA.3348@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>,
skipshean@hotmail.com says...
> I did an upgrade when it was in beta, so keep that in consideration. Things
> have improved immensely.
>
> I got told so many times by people to do a clean install of SBS2K3 that the
> fear tactics worked and that's the route I actually went when it went live.
> I would recommend you repost this to the SBS2K3 newsgroup, you're more
> likely to get a good/quick response there.
>
> It's at: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

Yep - thanks to all for responses - I've been watching the aforesaid
group (and noted: it gets sbs2k messages like this group gets sbs3k
messages :)

I've still yet to see many messages re upgrade experiences on either NG
- but will continue to watch, as much as I can (lot of traffic to get
through).

On the plus side, it's great to see the sbs and sbs3k NG's get so much
traffic and so much excellent support from MVP's and others.

--
Duncan