Upgrading from SBS 2000 to SBS 2003 Suggestions

Hi there. I have a client who has purchased hardware and software for
upgrading our SBS. Does anyone have any overall advice about the
upgrade process? Since we are moving to new, more powerful hardware, I
think that there might be some issues.

I have heard of a "Swing" method.. I went to a site and they have the
process for sale. Wondering if that is a good idea or not.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

S

Larry
Sun Dec 09 12:53:28 PST 2007

Hi Sean:

Worth every penny if you want to preserve all the settings, all the shares,
all the unc paths and mapped drives. Keeps the server name, the domain
name, all the SIDS.

With the MS way you get a new server name.

With a fresh install you get all new SIDS and have to re touch everything.

--
Larry

"Sean" <seandakid@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there. I have a client who has purchased hardware and software for
> upgrading our SBS. Does anyone have any overall advice about the
> upgrade process? Since we are moving to new, more powerful hardware, I
> think that there might be some issues.
>
> I have heard of a "Swing" method.. I went to a site and they have the
> process for sale. Wondering if that is a good idea or not.
>
> Any feedback would be appreciated.
>
> S

Steve
Sun Dec 09 13:51:46 PST 2007

Absolutely agree with Larry. Swing is best.

"Larry Struckmeyer" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-wizards(dot)com> wrote in message
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> Hi Sean:
>
> Worth every penny if you want to preserve all the settings, all the
> shares, all the unc paths and mapped drives. Keeps the server name, the
> domain name, all the SIDS.
>
> With the MS way you get a new server name.
>
> With a fresh install you get all new SIDS and have to re touch everything.
>
> --
> Larry
>
> "Sean" <seandakid@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:13ffc6be-3969-48d5-b237-2953517680a3@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi there. I have a client who has purchased hardware and software for
>> upgrading our SBS. Does anyone have any overall advice about the
>> upgrade process? Since we are moving to new, more powerful hardware, I
>> think that there might be some issues.
>>
>> I have heard of a "Swing" method.. I went to a site and they have the
>> process for sale. Wondering if that is a good idea or not.
>>
>> Any feedback would be appreciated.
>>
>> S
>
>

Sean
Mon Dec 10 08:19:24 PST 2007

On Dec 9, 12:53 pm, "Larry Struckmeyer" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-
wizards(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi Sean:
>
> Worth every penny if you want to preserve all the settings, all the shares,
> all the unc paths and mapped drives. Keeps the server name, the domain
> name, all the SIDS.
>
> With the MS way you get a new server name.
>
> With a fresh install you get all new SIDS and have to re touch everything.
>
> --
> Larry
>
> "Sean" <seanda...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:13ffc6be-3969-48d5-b237-2953517680a3@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi there. I have a client who has purchased hardware and software for
> > upgrading our SBS. Does anyone have any overall advice about the
> > upgrade process? Since we are moving to new, more powerful hardware, I
> > think that there might be some issues.
>
> > I have heard of a "Swing" method.. I went to a site and they have the
> > process for sale. Wondering if that is a good idea or not.
>
> > Any feedback would be appreciated.
>
> > S

Thanks for the feedback. I have some features that are not enabled in
SBS 2000, that I would like enabled in SBS 2003 such as OWA. Will this
be an issue using the SWING method?

S

Steve
Mon Dec 10 08:30:15 PST 2007

No problem. When you finish the swing you have a fully functional SBS 2003
that can be configured for all of its capabilities. Also FYI once you have
the final SBS 2003 there is a different newsgroup for posting questions:

microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

"Sean" <seandakid@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Dec 9, 12:53 pm, "Larry Struckmeyer" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-
> wizards(dot)com> wrote:
>> Hi Sean:
>>
>> Worth every penny if you want to preserve all the settings, all the
>> shares,
>> all the unc paths and mapped drives. Keeps the server name, the domain
>> name, all the SIDS.
>>
>> With the MS way you get a new server name.
>>
>> With a fresh install you get all new SIDS and have to re touch
>> everything.
>>
>> --
>> Larry
>>
>> "Sean" <seanda...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:13ffc6be-3969-48d5-b237-2953517680a3@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Hi there. I have a client who has purchased hardware and software for
>> > upgrading our SBS. Does anyone have any overall advice about the
>> > upgrade process? Since we are moving to new, more powerful hardware, I
>> > think that there might be some issues.
>>
>> > I have heard of a "Swing" method.. I went to a site and they have the
>> > process for sale. Wondering if that is a good idea or not.
>>
>> > Any feedback would be appreciated.
>>
>> > S
>
> Thanks for the feedback. I have some features that are not enabled in
> SBS 2000, that I would like enabled in SBS 2003 such as OWA. Will this
> be an issue using the SWING method?
>
> S