You'd need to pay for it if you don't have Software Assurance. >From an AD perspective there is no change (just some schema updates to support >R2 features).
Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win 2003 to R2 costs? Greetings! I have a Win2003 "Native" AD domain. I have been asked to see about upgrading this to R2... 1. I do not have R2 media appropriate for this 2. I am having difficulties determining if there is a price for this upgrade (Win2003 "Standard" to Win2003 R2). >From what I've read, there is no functional difference between the OS other >than the availablility of some tools. However, as two locations are about to >be moved to a brand-new domain, uniformity is desired. As to #1 above, I have read that if one has the same "track" media, one could use the R2 disk. I don't have that. I have an R2 from a Dell OEM, but it appears I'd need to re-install the OS on my current machines to be able to use this disk. I have another R2, but it is from Win2003 Enterprise. The R2 setup refuses to run on the non-Enterprise systems. As to #2, I'm looking at CDW's non-profit pages. There, I'm seeing a copy of Win2003 R2 (full package, not just an upgrade to R2), and it's $735. Any advise, other than to pay the $735 each per DC, and then re-build them? (They are all "Open License" versions, which require -according to MS- an "Open License" R2 disk to upgrade.) Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org<http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
