64 Bit Only Windows Server™ “Longhorn” Small Business Server

64 bit - it's the next thing

E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:36:16 GMT

I've seen a couple of posts recently that make me thing that folks have missed the headlines so I'll

re: 64 Bit Only Windows Server™ “Longhorn” Small Business Server

Mark Stanfill — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:08:40 GMT

Geoffrey,

There's always a trade-off. I feel pretty secure in saying that Microsoft Support experience, and that of the community as a whole, has been that migrations are much less problematic than in-place upgrades. If you are talking about a single, dedicated server, upgrades are fine. We all know that's not how SBS works in the real world - everyone adds tons of software on top of the installed suite, misconfigurations are rampant, etc, etc. Jeff Middleton and others have written about this subject ad nauseum in the newsgroups. The money you save on new hardware can quickly be eaten up with consulting fees as you try to troubleshoot each individual, non-standard component.

I really don't buy the other arguments you've stated for why an upgrade versus a migration is easier. If you are having DNS, network, or hardware issues with your existing box, these need to be fixed before you upgrade. If your foundation is broken, it doesn't make any sense at all to either build a new house or add an addition to your existing house.

Anyway, My $0.02.

re: 64 Bit Only Windows Server™ “Longhorn” Small Business Server

Geoffery MacCombe — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:37:54 GMT

Again mirosoft thinks that money and Time are non issues in the SMB market, I have just now convince most of my clients to use /upgrade to SBS 2003 (over the NT-Back office, WIN2k SBS)each and every one has been unique in its issues - migration - network, not to mention in some cases new hardware, it's unlikely therefore that my current clients will even consider a new purchase, nor could I faithfully recommend such expentitures with the path define by MS, sure I love freash installs but unfortunitly until TRUE Migration is painless (not hours digging in to dns or hacking some hive key ect.)this will limit upgrades for most

re: 64 Bit Only Windows Server™ “Longhorn” Small Business Server

sbsrocks — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:42:40 GMT

cougar will be 64bit only. now the smb consultants can work on migrating to 64bit since an inplace upgrade is no longer possible. personally i like to do migrations only. one can always take a fresh approach and stop bringing the legacy mistakes or errors forward.