SBS 2003 to 2008 R2 with NO Exchange
I am getting mixed signals about migrating SBS 2003 to 2008 R2. I would like a easy explanation.
My customer has hosted email now. SBS 2003 needs to go away. I will be making the 2008 R2 the new DC. Two questions are:
1. Do I need to uninstall Exchange off of SBS for a clean AD move over to 2008?
2. Is there anything special that I would need since Exchange is not going over to the 2008?
My customer has hosted email now. SBS 2003 needs to go away. I will be making the 2008 R2 the new DC. Two questions are:
1. Do I need to uninstall Exchange off of SBS for a clean AD move over to 2008?
2. Is there anything special that I would need since Exchange is not going over to the 2008?
just for completion, just forget the exchange part in the document, don't install it and kill your sbs
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Im keeping the domain. The SBS box will be completely removed once the 2008 R2 has become the new DC. They used to use the exchange on the sbs but since have went to hosted email. Right now it is the only Dc on the domain so this has to be right the very first time for AD and everything else.
You might want to keep the SBS such that you have two DCs.
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Im very bad at what I am asking. The SBS has been causing REAL headaches and btw its a virtual. I didnt design this I was only asked to fix this. The SBS HAS to leave the domain. The company is growing and a sbs will not work in the growing atmoshpere but the company started with this machine. This is the only DC at the moment. I want to move the DC role over to 2008 R2. There wil be no exchange, sharepoint or even SQL services. They had exchange but went hosted. They tried Sharepoint and gave up on that. I have stripped the machine of only a DC and some file shares. I know sbs has a "small man syndrome" and controls everything. I need a flawless AD/ DC change where an old Exchange (sbs) wont trash my migration to 2008 R2 server. Once this is complete I will have another server take on the secondary DC. Does this help? Please let me know.
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Demazter, what can I say, you're the man!
Glad to be of assistance. :)
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