moving SBS 2003 to a new quicker server

jsingh9 — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:27:50 GMT

Hi All,

I would like some help/options on doing some work with SBS 2003.

Objective:
I need to move our current SBS 2003 Std server (running on a PC spec machine) to a new server (Quad core etc) with SBS 2003 Premium.

Steps:
My first step will be to build/install SBS Premium and from experience and the SAMS Unleashed book I should be able to do this fine.
The reason for going to SBS Premium is to use ISA server functionality for blocking/limiting user internet access - which I am comfortable with configuring

Specifically I'd like to know is there a way for me to backup all the current SBS settings (accounts, mailboxes, data) and restore them onto the new server, without me having to recreate them

OR IF I have to build the new server from scratch (create accounts, mailboxes etc) then does that mean I have to remove the current PC's from the domain and then join them to the new one. I.E. can the clients tell if the server has changed even if I stick to the same server name? What happens to the users mailboxes and data?

Please let me know if you have a better way of completing the objective, have you experience in doing this

Regards

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