SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Useful info on SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Girish's Graffiti — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:25:36 GMT

Moloy Tandon's Blog - Ask Me : SBS 2003 Transition Pack

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

james428 — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:30:31 GMT

After applying the transition pack. We lost client access to the \companyweb. Have not been able to figure out how to get it back.

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

moloyt — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:08:32 GMT

Please refer to Scenario 1 - Method 2 of the KB 940194 for the resolution.

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Steve — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:51:58 GMT

Has anyone got any good migration plans (preferably more specific, less "big-picture" as I am not a wonderful exchange/isa/sql guru) after the transition pack has been applied for Exchange/ISA/SQL from SBS 2003 Premium to be migrated to seperate windows 2003 boxes please?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions/pointers.

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

alanjmazer — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:02:56 GMT

Is there at transition pack specifically for migrating to Enterprise? Or, must you first migrate to std edition then upgrade the installation to enterprise? I was going too do a fresh install on new hardware supporting dual quad core Intel + 8 GB RAM with enterprise version with Exchange 2007 and then migrate AD and mailboxes seperately...any white papers on this scenario..or close?

alanjmazer@hotmail.com

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Bill Jamms — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:29:43 GMT

So, after backing up the registry key in scenario 1 and deleting it, the upgrade should run fine. Once the upgrade runs, is it ok to put the key back?? Thanks!

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Tad Sendzimir — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:49:23 GMT

I would like to move Exchange Server and ISA 2004 to a seperate server and keep everything else on the old SBS (Now 2003 R2) server.

I assume that the Exchange Server would have the 2 NIC cards with the WAN and LAN cards and the ISA 2004 to filter at the source. The last operation would be the exchange server.

Would anyone wish to comment to this arrangement? I thank you in advance and am glad I fould this site. There appears to be precious little info on transitioning from SBS to regular WIN 2003.

thanks, Tad Sendzimir

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Zahar — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:43:46 GMT

Is it possible the following migration scheme:

SBS 2003 STD -> 2003 STD -> 2003 ENT

???

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

moloyt — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:00:37 GMT

Yes, its possible.

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Travis Risner — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:35:46 GMT

I am applying the SBS R2 Transition Pack. I am wary of the process, as I have never applied a transition pack before. Will all data remain the same (users, emails, etc) after applying the transition pack?

Also, I'm looking to migrate Exchange to it's own server during the transition. Do I need to set it up on the new server then migrate the data, or is there a step for the migration during the transition pack installation?

Backup and restoring

eyoel getachew — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:12:17 GMT

I have a small buisiness server installed i want to backup Active Directory from it and restore it on a server running Enterprise edition.Is it possible please try to email me or post it here with all the steps required.

please please

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Moloy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:36:31 GMT

@eyoel getachew

Restoring the system state backup on a different hardware is not supported.

Your options are:

1.) Use the ADMT tool to migrate from SBS 2003 to Ent. edition of Windows Server 2003.

2.) Use the transition pack to convert SBS 2003 in a full blown Windows 2003 Server Std, Exchange Std, etc. and then upgrade it to the Ent. edition of Windows Server 2003.

3.) Join the Ent. edition to the existing SBS 2003 AD domain and then migrate all the data across.

HTH

Moloy

What to do if SBS 2003 is not fully transitioned?

Moloy Tandon's Blog - Ask Me — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:54:52 GMT

In my previous post about the Transition Pack , we talked about the Transition Pack and the changes it

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Ben — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:20:12 GMT

Thanks for the info. I would like to move Exchange to a seperate server. Should I install Exchange on that particular server before applying the transition pack? Is the exchange media on the transition pack disc or could I install it from the original SBS disc set?

What are the differences between SBS 2003 and SBS 2003 R2 Transition Packs?

Jason — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:03:57 GMT

Hi there, can you please advise what are the differences between these 2 packs? I got a SBS 2003 Premium (non-R2), am looking at transitioning it to Win 2003.

Thanks.

Jason

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

JOHN GARDNER — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:31:03 GMT

Thanks for an excellent post/blog - yours was the only post that gave me the confidence that the transition had worked - we followed the MS advice to the letter after fighting for months with suppliers who had no clue as to what the pitfalls were and or what transition pack we actually needed. Your blog is simple and to the point. Only question I would ask is where do we install the license keys for the 70 users we purchased with the transition pack inSBS it was simple now I cannot see anywhere to do it! Don't tell me we just add users in the control panel licensing facility like in the good old NT days?

Migrating from win 2003 SBS domain to windows 2008 domain without transition pack- is this possible???

TomW — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:52:15 GMT

We have a windows 2003 SBS server which is a bit old.

we purchased few new server hardwares alone with the Windows 2008 STD server/CAL licenses and also Exchange 2007 licenses.

Is it possible to add these new servers to the existing domain and demote the Windows 2003 SBS server from the server roles without purchasing the transition pack?

Windows 2008 Standard came pre-intalled with these new hardware and we don't want to pay again for the transition pack.

Thanks.

re: SBS 2003 Transition Pack

Charles Chiu — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:09:18 GMT

We have a fully transitioned 2003 std server. We recently bought new server hardware and want to replace the old hardware. Can I use the same product key to install on the new hardware?