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Thanks very much that was exactly what I was looking for.<br />
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All the best<br />
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Adam
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Thanks very much that was exactly what I was looking for.

All the best

Adam

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Hi All,<br />
<br />
I'm planning on carrying out a migration shortly from a clients 7 user 2008 SBS Server to a new 2011 SBS Server and having not done one before just wanted a very general answer to the following:<br />
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1) Roughly how long on average does it take to generate an answer file?<br />
2) Does the migration automatically &quot;suck&quot; exchange mailboxes, user accounts, shares and data from old one to new one?<br />
3) Is this whole &nbsp;process likely to be doable within a couple of hours of downtime should we be aiming to do this out of hours?<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
<br />
Adam
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Hi All,

I'm planning on carrying out a migration shortly from a clients 7 user 2008 SBS Server to a new 2011 SBS Server and having not done one before just wanted a very general answer to the following:

1) Roughly how long on average does it take to generate an answer file?
2) Does the migration automatically "suck" exchange mailboxes, user accounts, shares and data from old one to new one?
3) Is this whole  process likely to be doable within a couple of hours of downtime should we be aiming to do this out of hours?

Thanks

Adam

How long to create answer file for 2008SBS to 2011SBS migration

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).