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Server 2012 - Exchange 2010 - SBS 2011 Migration - Keep old SBS as a member server
Hello,
I am about to do a migration and need to keep the current server SBS2011 as a member server which will house Exchange 2010 that is already on the server. How can I do this once I transfer FSMO roles.
I am about to do a migration and need to keep the current server SBS2011 as a member server which will house Exchange 2010 that is already on the server. How can I do this once I transfer FSMO roles.
Windows Server 2012SBSExchangeActive Directory
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oBdA
Officially you cannot. SBS is designed and licensed to be the only server.
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obda, you are correct, I should have elaborated a little more on that.
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Can I make this just a member server only?
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With no other FSMO roles. Just to house Exchange. We cannot move exchange.
No; as I said: SBS must be a Domain Controller, it must be the forest root, and it must own all FSMO roles.
"Must" means exactly that: must; not "should", "may", "can", "recommended", "optional", ...
The SBS will start to shut down every hour (after a grace period, for migration purposes) if these conditions aren't met.
The SBS license doesn't allow for an SBS to act as a member server, and this restriction is enforced, full stop.
"Must" means exactly that: must; not "should", "may", "can", "recommended", "optional", ...
The SBS will start to shut down every hour (after a grace period, for migration purposes) if these conditions aren't met.
The SBS license doesn't allow for an SBS to act as a member server, and this restriction is enforced, full stop.