upgrade SBS 2000 to a regular windows 2003 server standard

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Alon - 30 Oct 2007 10:46 GMT

Dear All,

i want to upgrade sbs 2000 server to a windows 2003 server standard.
the server contain Exchange.

what are the main steps the i need to perform?
which media do i need?
is there any arcitel or KB about this subject? (i find only sbs 2000 to sbs
2003)
Thanks.

Best regards,
Alon.

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Steve Foster [SBS MVP] - 30 Oct 2007 13:42 GMT

>Dear All,
>
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>is there any arcitel or KB about this subject? (i find only sbs 2000 to sbs
>2003)

There is no one-step option (other perhaps than buying a plain copy of
WS2003SE, FDISK and install).

The official route out from SBS to standard components is the Transition
Pack (for SBS2003), or the Migration Pack (for SBS2000). But, of course,
they only take you to the components for that edition (ie Windows 2000
Server for SBS2000).

http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/04/05/what-to-do-if-you-need-the
-migration-pack-transition-pack-for-sbs-2000.aspx

explains this, and goes on to discuss the issue in a little more detail,
with a couple of other relevant links.

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