Jharrisonsnbs
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2003 SBS to 2012 Standard
Hello,
I had a previous question answered regarding a client migration I'm doing. I'm doing some testing with VMs of the client servers in my test network for the migration in a few months.
I've read some conflicting instructions and I'm hoping someone can clear up the confusion.
The 2003 SBS box is running at the 2000 forest and domain functional levels. I had to raise them to the 2003 to allow the 2012 box to join as a DC. The only change I made was in the AD Users and Computers and the AD Domains and Trusts on the 2003 SBS box. I right-clicked and selected to raise both levels to 2003. After that, it allowed me to DCPROMO the 2012 Standard box. It appears to have worked, but now I'm reading that I should've run ADPREP to upgrade the schema before even promoting the 2012 to a DC.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/infratalks/archive/2012/09/07/transition-from-small-business-server-to-standard-windows-server.aspx
I'm just curious if this is the case for the upgrade process? If so, have I already made a mistake in running the DCPROMO on the 2012 box? The SBS 20003 box is running exchange, which will be going away as they are transitioning to Office 365. I have read several articles on that and everyone recommends uninstalling exchange and then DCPROMOing the 2003 SBS box out of the network.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I had a previous question answered regarding a client migration I'm doing. I'm doing some testing with VMs of the client servers in my test network for the migration in a few months.
I've read some conflicting instructions and I'm hoping someone can clear up the confusion.
The 2003 SBS box is running at the 2000 forest and domain functional levels. I had to raise them to the 2003 to allow the 2012 box to join as a DC. The only change I made was in the AD Users and Computers and the AD Domains and Trusts on the 2003 SBS box. I right-clicked and selected to raise both levels to 2003. After that, it allowed me to DCPROMO the 2012 Standard box. It appears to have worked, but now I'm reading that I should've run ADPREP to upgrade the schema before even promoting the 2012 to a DC.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/infratalks/archive/2012/09/07/transition-from-small-business-server-to-standard-windows-server.aspx
I'm just curious if this is the case for the upgrade process? If so, have I already made a mistake in running the DCPROMO on the 2012 box? The SBS 20003 box is running exchange, which will be going away as they are transitioning to Office 365. I have read several articles on that and everyone recommends uninstalling exchange and then DCPROMOing the 2003 SBS box out of the network.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Got it. Thank you so much for the help!!!
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Yes, I did see that it was for 2008, but I saw the blurb in the first paragraph about this article being applicable to 2012 as well as 2008. It was wrong to assume on my part.
"These steps are applicable for transition from all the versions of Small Business Server to Windows Server 2008/ 2008 R2/ 2012."
Yes, I did add the ADDS role and after that finished, I ran the "Promote this server to a domain controller. Haven't had much experience with 2012 and saying 'DCPROMO' is a force of habit.
Followed this article:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12370.step-by-step-guide-for-setting-up-windows-server-2012-domain-controller.aspx
So, the prep is now handled by 2012 when you install the role? When I'm ready to decommission the 2003 box, I should just be able to transfer the FSMO roles off that to the 2012 DC, remove exchange from the 2003 box and remove it from the domain, correct? Just want to make sure I'm not missing any steps. Thank you!