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Yes you can. Here is the MS documentation on doing it:<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755153(WS.10).aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755153(WS.10).aspx</a>
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I had seen that KB, my conclusion was that I had to upgrade the current CA server to 2008, backup and then restore on the new server... maybe i need to re-read 
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So I'm retiring a 2003 server with a brand spanking new 2008 server and realized that the 2003 server is my CA server. &nbsp;Is there any way of transferring the Certs without having to upgrade the 2003 box to 2008?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
JJ
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So I'm retiring a 2003 server with a brand spanking new 2008 server and realized that the 2003 server is my CA server.  Is there any way of transferring the Certs without having to upgrade the 2003 box to 2008?

Thanks,
JJ

Yes you can. Here is the MS documentation on doing it:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755153(WS.10).aspx

I had seen that KB, my conclusion was that I had to upgrade the current CA server to 2008, backup and then restore on the new server... maybe i need to re-read 

Certificate Authority Server Transfer - 2003 to 2008

So I&#39;m retiring a 2003 server with a brand spanking new 2008 server and realized that the 2003 server is my CA server.  Is there any way of transferring the Certs without having to upgrade the 2003 box to 2008?

Thanks,
JJ

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).