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Officially you cannot. &nbsp;SBS is designed and licensed to be the only server.
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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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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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Can I make this just a member server only?

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With no other FSMO roles. &nbsp;Just to house Exchange. &nbsp;We cannot move exchange.
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With no other FSMO roles.  Just to house Exchange.  We cannot move exchange.

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No; as I said: SBS <b>must</b> be a Domain Controller, it <b>must</b> be the forest root, and it <b>must</b> own all FSMO roles.<br />
&quot;<b>Must</b>&quot; means exactly that: <b>must</b>; not &quot;should&quot;, &quot;may&quot;, &quot;can&quot;, &quot;recommended&quot;, &quot;optional&quot;, ...<br />
The SBS <b>will</b> start to shut down every hour (after a grace period, for migration purposes) if these conditions aren't met.<br />
The SBS license doesn't allow for an SBS to act as a member server, and this restriction is enforced, full stop.
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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.

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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. &nbsp;How can I do this once I transfer FSMO roles.
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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.

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