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I need to copy all files from a Windows 2000 Server, to a Windows 2003 Server, SP2, Standard Edition. &nbsp;I want to retain all the permissions on these files from the old server to the new one. &nbsp;After migration, I will take the old server offline and rename the new server with the same name and IP address as the old server, so that users who already map to these files will not have to change the information in their links, map drives, and shortcuts. &nbsp;I'm planning to use Microsoft File Server Migration toolkit to migrate the files, but I'm not sure if the mapping will work right. &nbsp;MS says that you have to have Server 2003 Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition, not Standard Edition. So will this migration work right for us, and retain the permissions and mapping information?<br />
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I need to copy all files from a Windows 2000 Server, to a Windows 2003 Server, SP2, Standard Edition.  I want to retain all the permissions on these files from the old server to the new one.  After migration, I will take the old server offline and rename the new server with the same name and IP address as the old server, so that users who already map to these files will not have to change the information in their links, map drives, and shortcuts.  I'm planning to use Microsoft File Server Migration toolkit to migrate the files, but I'm not sure if the mapping will work right.  MS says that you have to have Server 2003 Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition, not Standard Edition. So will this migration work right for us, and retain the permissions and mapping information?

Thanks

File Server Migration on Windows 2003 Server, Standard Edition

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).

Windows Server 2003

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