Not by much. I used the SBSMigration swing kit to swing to new
hardware a while back. I could've done everything in it manually,
certainly. The ~$200 for me was well worth it to put all the pieces
of information together in one spot. Saying I used this tool for this
reason and then how you used it is an entirely reasonable topic to
blog about.
Yes, all the information out there is freely available. Is it worth
spending some money to 1) put it all in one place and 2) highlight
some common points of trouble[1].
[1] I had one of those common points of trouble. It was nice having
something in hand instead of googling for it hoping someone else had
tread the path I was walking...
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:42 AM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org
<mailto:david....@nwea.org>> wrote:
Sure, but it would look a lot like this:
Step 1: Buy a kit from SBSMigration.com
Step 2: The end
That _/might/_ be oversimplifying it J
Dave
*From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com
<mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com>]
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:30 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* Re: My SBS swing brag
In keeping with the current fashion, you should definitely write a
blog post on your migration
On 13 March 2012 14:01, David Lum <david....@nwea.org
<mailto:david....@nwea.org>> wrote:
So, I successfully swung a small (17 employee law fim) client from
SBS2003 to SBS2011 this weekend, went off with exactly one caveat:
iPhone users had to delete, reboot, then recreate the Exchange
accounts on their phones. That was it! Needless to say the client
is very happy, and most employee’s hardly noticed a thing (other
than I was onsite all day yesterday, which had never happened
before ;-).
Convert everyone from Exchange 2003->Exchange 2010: Check
Convert domain controller to SBS2011 (aka2008R2): Check
Convert LexisNexis application from SQL2005 – SQL2008R2: Check
<Upgrade from PracticeAdvantage 10 to PA 11: Check!>
Move printers from 2003 32-bit server to SBS2011 64-bit server:
check (this went easier than expected)
Recreate shared folders and perms: check
Copy all data to new server (did you know there’s a utility for
2008 R2 to restore from .BKF files?): Check
Reconfig home directories from share-per-user to single
share/ABE/SBS2011 default locations: Check
Worthy to note that SBS2011 really encourages you (er, me) to not
treat SBS like just a small domain with Exchange. Pretty slick OS too.
I could NOT have done it without the SBSSwing kit, there are so
many little things that Jeff’s team has figured out. I don’t have
any current certs, but I passed that test! W00t!
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