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Hi, <br />
we have a SBS 2003 server (server1) and a spare server (server2) running windows 2003 standard. &nbsp;Spare server is no longer in use. <br />
Exchange is no longer in use on the sbs server (it was moved to the hosted environment several months ago). &nbsp;They're now just using the sbs 2003 server as a DC, DNS, DHCP, Print. <br />
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Idea is to move away from the sbs 2003 server (as the server is extremely old or wipe clean and make it an additional DC for redundancy). <br />
would someone mind outlining the steps necessary. &nbsp;Also, is it wise to use this opportunity to upgrade server 2 to windows 2008 or can we continue to use server2 as a windows 2003 and then reformat the old server to windows 2008. (this saves cost of buying an additional OS).
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Hi, 
we have a SBS 2003 server (server1) and a spare server (server2) running windows 2003 standard.  Spare server is no longer in use. 
Exchange is no longer in use on the sbs server (it was moved to the hosted environment several months ago).  They're now just using the sbs 2003 server as a DC, DNS, DHCP, Print. 

Idea is to move away from the sbs 2003 server (as the server is extremely old or wipe clean and make it an additional DC for redundancy). 
would someone mind outlining the steps necessary.  Also, is it wise to use this opportunity to upgrade server 2 to windows 2008 or can we continue to use server2 as a windows 2003 and then reformat the old server to windows 2008. (this saves cost of buying an additional OS).

sbs 2003 server to windows 2003 standard

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).