If you think the current AD is in a mess I would start clean. The process is a little longer but you can start with a clean AD set up the way you want now. And depending on how many is a relatively small might take about the same amount of time. It's been a while but I think the SBS 2003 Premium SP1 was three CDs. They need to be installed then you can do the migration to SBS 2008. The time spent going to SP1 might be better spent elsewhere.
I don't think Jeff's Swing Method depends on SP1 as I have never used the Swing Method. Others I know have and it does work. There's merits to both approaches. It just depends on how dependent you are on the current AD structure. From: Gary Sanderson [mailto:gary.sander...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Migration of SBS 2003 Premium to SBS 200 Premium On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: There were SBS specific pieces that were a portion of SP1. Just installing the component patches doesn't get everything "up to snuff". Did you try installing the standard sbs sp1? I don't remember this as an issue, but the last 2003->2008 upgrade I did was close to 2 years ago. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com That is what I was figuring. I have not looked at the download SP 1, and since we are a relatively small organization, and the AD that previous admins left is somewhat a mess, I am thinking of a start from scratch approach. That or the smsmirgation.com approach. -- Gary Sanderson Sound Volunteer Southmont Baptist Church Denton, TX "Good stewardship is less about how much money is saved than it is about how much money is wasted." - Anthony Coppedge ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
