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Thanks Matt. &nbsp;I will give this a try.<br />
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~bruno71
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Thanks Matt.  I will give this a try.

~bruno71

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Follow up...<br />
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I just migrated the server this past weekend. &nbsp;Everything seemed to go just as it should<br />
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- ADPrep<br />
- DCPromo / DNS<br />
- DHCP<br />
- FSMO<br />
- Demote old server<br />
- Setup DNS alias and add additional IP address<br />
<br />
Thanks again<br />
~bruno71
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Follow up...

I just migrated the server this past weekend.  Everything seemed to go just as it should

- ADPrep
- DCPromo / DNS
- DHCP
- FSMO
- Demote old server
- Setup DNS alias and add additional IP address

Thanks again
~bruno71

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I am replacing one of our older servers with a new one. &nbsp;Here are some of the considerations &amp;&nbsp;questions I have...<br />
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1. First of all, should I really go with 2008? &nbsp;All the rest of our servers run 2003 Standard &amp;&nbsp;our AD domain level is 2003. &nbsp;I think I want to upgrade, but if it is less trouble I'll stick with 2003.<br />
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2. If I do go with 2008, what will I need to do to prepare the domain for a mixed environment? &nbsp;This server will be a DC.<br />
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3. The old server held the Operation Master roles, SQL databases, and Backup Exec to disks...all of which will need transferred to the new server. &nbsp;What's the best way to &quot;replace&quot; a server, including the DNS name/IP address? &nbsp;Software on all our clients is set to point to the old server name. &nbsp;Can I somehow use the same name?<br />
<br />
~bruno71
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I am replacing one of our older servers with a new one.  Here are some of the considerations & questions I have...

1. First of all, should I really go with 2008?  All the rest of our servers run 2003 Standard & our AD domain level is 2003.  I think I want to upgrade, but if it is less trouble I'll stick with 2003.

2. If I do go with 2008, what will I need to do to prepare the domain for a mixed environment?  This server will be a DC.

3. The old server held the Operation Master roles, SQL databases, and Backup Exec to disks...all of which will need transferred to the new server.  What's the best way to "replace" a server, including the DNS name/IP address?  Software on all our clients is set to point to the old server name.  Can I somehow use the same name?

~bruno71

Replacing a 2003 Standard server with 2008 Enterprise

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

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).