SBS - Upgrades and Migration

Sonal Gathani — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:24:36 GMT

I was inspired by a partner who emailed me this week and said, 'The more bluntly you say "There is no upgrade, either new, or swing migration" the simpler and better'. So whilst David, Nicholas King and many others have been trying to get the message out, many of you are still wondering about upgrades and migrations from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. So here it is.

In essence:

- Upgrades are not designed or tested for SBS as the architecture change from 32-bit to 64-bit doesn't allow for this

- Official Microsoft Migration documents and other details are available here at the Windows SBS 2008 Technical Library. Migration is not supported from build to build, but it is still possible. Check out Nicholas King's blog for more info, and find the step-by-step migration instructions here.

(I'm probably the least technical person on the planet, maybe apart from my mum, so the best I can do is point you in the right direction- hope that helps)

Cheers, and let me know what else you're looking for.

Sonal

SBS stuff and then some... : swing

SBS - Upgrades and Migration