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Hi All,<br />
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We have an old, (but solid) SBS 2003 server that we want to upgrade to SBS 2011.<br />
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There is a discussion over whether to user the migration wizard, or to just build the new machine, and manually move the public folder, data, users, and exchange data.<br />
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Right now there are 6 users on the system, and about 50gb of data<br />
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Any thoughts or preferences.<br />
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Neil S.
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Hi All,

We have an old, (but solid) SBS 2003 server that we want to upgrade to SBS 2011.

There is a discussion over whether to user the migration wizard, or to just build the new machine, and manually move the public folder, data, users, and exchange data.

Right now there are 6 users on the system, and about 50gb of data

Any thoughts or preferences.

Neil S.

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The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

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).

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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).

SBS 2003 with Exchange to SBS 2011 migration vs Clean install &amp; manual transfer

SBS 2003 with Exchange to SBS 2011 migration vs Clean install & manual transfer