I realize I could have worded that a little, no a lot, more clearly. The
intention was to suggest that you "might" get a clue about moving from SBS
2000 to Server 2008 when the SBS 2000 to SBS 2008 docs are released. MS
*may* suggest a path to Server 2008 in that time frame. If that is not
clear, please ask for clarification.
In addition, I am suggesting that if www.sbsmigration.com has or offers a
supported solution for your project, that is, SBS 2000 to Server 2008 +
Exchange 2007, you should ask them some questions and decided if you like
the solution, the support, and the price.
I have used their technique for many SBS to SBS projects, and some SBS to
non SBS projects, and some non SBS to SBS projects. The essence of it is to
move the AD forward and, in addition, move the data with the same shares and
permissions that you had on the old server. It is a concept, a training
guide, and some very neat tools to do what you want, assuming they have
worked out all the little glitches in going from AD 2000 to AD 2008.
Remember that SBS is also AD, built on the Windows Server OS, plus other
Windows Server Applications.
I did not suggest EBS to you because you said you already had your
components and software. My only question about why you might be leaving
SBS was to verify that you did not have an issue that has since been solved
with the later releases of SBS. The only one that you have evidenced is
that you expect to be over the user limit. The exchange size is now 75 X 6
GB, so that would probably have been sufficient. If you had shift workers,
you could use device licenses, where there is no "user" limit. Since that
does not fit your situation, I assumed you would appreciate a recommend to a
possible solution.
In any case, browse up to www.sbsmigration.com and drop them an email, or
give them a call. You might be surprised, you might be disappointed. But
if you think they are paying me, or anyone else for this suggestion, you
will have to figure out if you could do what he does, offer the support he
does, and still spread the money around from the fee he charges. Trust me,
he does not, nor would I suggest that you contact them in a public forum if
I were being paid for that recommendation.
--
Larry
Please post the resolution to your
issue so that others may benefit.
Post by TFSPost by Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]The migration path from SBS 2000 to SBS 2008 is being worked on. The ETA is
"soon".
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From the very very beginning, and I've repeated it again in my reply, I'm
NOT interested in SBS 2008. And the migration path's target is AD2008 +
EX2007 (SP1), not SBS 2008. Why do you keep on telling me to go to SBS??
As to swingmigration, if the final platform is SBS, I'm not interested
either. I'm wondering if you are working for them, aren't you?