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You would follow the SBS 2003 to 2008 migration guide without the Exchange portions.<br />
Make sure all PSTs have been exported if that is the current setup just prior to bringing things online with the new SBS 2008.<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc546034.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc546034.aspx</a><br />
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Philip<br />

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You would follow the SBS 2003 to 2008 migration guide without the Exchange portions.
Make sure all PSTs have been exported if that is the current setup just prior to bringing things online with the new SBS 2008.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc546034.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc546034.aspx]

Philip


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Before I try this in a test environment will this work on a Regular 2003 Server and not the SBS 2003. &nbsp;The document only shows how to migrate from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 and not Server 2003 to SBS 2008. &nbsp;
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Before I try this in a test environment will this work on a Regular 2003 Server and not the SBS 2003.  The document only shows how to migrate from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 and not Server 2003 to SBS 2008.  

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I have a client that wants to purchase SBS 2008 but currently has Windows Server 2003 (non sbs) in their environment. &nbsp;They have approx. 40 computers all users setup in Active Directory, DHCP reservation, etc. &nbsp;I know that you can migrate FSMO roles amongst server (non sbs) and everything remains the same. &nbsp;My question is, Is it possible or recommended to migrate from Windows Server 2003 Std to Windows Small Business Server 2008.
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I have a client that wants to purchase SBS 2008 but currently has Windows Server 2003 (non sbs) in their environment.  They have approx. 40 computers all users setup in Active Directory, DHCP reservation, etc.  I know that you can migrate FSMO roles amongst server (non sbs) and everything remains the same.  My question is, Is it possible or recommended to migrate from Windows Server 2003 Std to Windows Small Business Server 2008.

Install SBS 2008 and Migrate from Server 2003 Std

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).