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Deploying a new Small Business Server 2003 R2 on 11 User LAN

I am deploying an new Small Business Server 2003 R2 into an 11 user Old NT 4.0 Domain. I think going with a new SBS 2003 Domain and not migrating my old NT domain is the best path in terms of time and fallback. What is the best procedure to setup the new SBS 2003 Server? I plan on backing up the NT Server data onto an external hard drive and then copy over to the new server. I only have one network application, and I have no Exchange or SQL migrations to do, email is hosted.

Stephen Manderson

Hi there,

That should be fine, are you planning on using Exchange with POP Connector or SMTP?

As far as the server deploy and setup goes here are some good sources of info.
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Installing-and-Configuring-SBS2003.html
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServerSolutions/SBS/en/library/bf73b051-77c1-454a-951e-be09500c008d1033.mspx?mfr=true
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/productdoc/default.mspx

For more information I would recommend buying the following book
small business server 2003 unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672328054

Kind Regards
Steve

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smariani

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My main concern is DHCP. How can I make sure the NT Server is not. Where is the setting in NT to determine if has been configured that way. I inherited the NT Server and have no idea.

I AM NOT GOING TO RUN EXCHANGE OR SQL. IF ANYONE KNOWS A WAY TO MINIMALLY INSTALL EXCHANGE WITHOUT MESSING UP SBS SERVER... Let Me know.

ormerodrutter

What is your concern with DHCP? I am not at all familiar with NT, but since you said you are NOT going to migrate so you can simply create a new IP scope/range for your network. All you need to check is if your client is DHCP enabled - i.e. getting IP addresses from the server and not using fixed IPs.

I think you can choose which components you install (or not to install) when you install SBS, at least you can remove it afterwards. However it is not going to hurt you by installing Exchange and not using it.