migrating from SBS 2003 R2 to Win SRV 2008 w/out using transition

hi, need help with migrating from SBS 2003 R2 to server 2008 - doing that
w/out buying transition pack. The reason for that is that i already got OPEN
License for WIN SRV 2008 and Exch 2007 and the CAL's

any ideas ?

Lanwench
Wed May 14 05:45:09 PDT 2008

Nir <Nir@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> hi, need help with migrating from SBS 2003 R2 to server 2008 - doing
> that w/out buying transition pack. The reason for that is that i
> already got OPEN License for WIN SRV 2008 and Exch 2007 and the CAL's
>
> any ideas ?

Copy your data over somehow, create a new AD domain (new accounts, etc),
exmerge your mailboxes. There's really nothing else you can do that I know
of.

Nir
Wed May 14 06:16:00 PDT 2008

Dear Lanwench thank you for your quick answer :)

Thing is that i want to preserve the current users profile config and rules
and setting up new AD from scratch...

Nir

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> Nir <Nir@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > hi, need help with migrating from SBS 2003 R2 to server 2008 - doing
> > that w/out buying transition pack. The reason for that is that i
> > already got OPEN License for WIN SRV 2008 and Exch 2007 and the CAL's
> >
> > any ideas ?
>
> Copy your data over somehow, create a new AD domain (new accounts, etc),
> exmerge your mailboxes. There's really nothing else you can do that I know
> of.
>
>
>

kj
Wed May 14 06:20:43 PDT 2008

Nir wrote:
> Dear Lanwench thank you for your quick answer :)
>
> Thing is that i want to preserve the current users profile config and
> rules and setting up new AD from scratch...
>
> Nir

You can keep the same AD and the same profiles and config. But if you want
to keep the profiles and not the domain, then you'll need to do an
interforest AD migration using ADMT (or equivelent).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d99ef770-3bbb-4b9e-a8bc-01e9f7ef7342&DisplayLang=en

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> Nir <Nir@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> hi, need help with migrating from SBS 2003 R2 to server 2008 - doing
>>> that w/out buying transition pack. The reason for that is that i
>>> already got OPEN License for WIN SRV 2008 and Exch 2007 and the
>>> CAL's
>>>
>>> any ideas ?
>>
>> Copy your data over somehow, create a new AD domain (new accounts,
>> etc), exmerge your mailboxes. There's really nothing else you can do
>> that I know of.

--
/kj

Lanwench
Wed May 14 06:21:31 PDT 2008

Nir <Nir@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Dear Lanwench thank you for your quick answer :)
>
> Thing is that i want to preserve the current users profile config and
> rules and setting up new AD from scratch...

Ah. Then you will need to get the transition pack, I'm afraid. You can
manually copy profiles but it's a huge pain and may not work properly. And I
don't know that ADMT will help you out either. However, you might try
posting in microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory for more help
(but please don't merely repost your original message; rewrite & update it).
>
> Nir
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> Nir <Nir@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> hi, need help with migrating from SBS 2003 R2 to server 2008 - doing
>>> that w/out buying transition pack. The reason for that is that i
>>> already got OPEN License for WIN SRV 2008 and Exch 2007 and the
>>> CAL's
>>>
>>> any ideas ?
>>
>> Copy your data over somehow, create a new AD domain (new accounts,
>> etc), exmerge your mailboxes. There's really nothing else you can do
>> that I know of.

Nir
Wed May 14 06:43:02 PDT 2008

Thanks a lot for help and tips...
Nir

"kj [SBS MVP]" wrote:

> Nir wrote:
> > Dear Lanwench thank you for your quick answer :)
> >
> > Thing is that i want to preserve the current users profile config and
> > rules and setting up new AD from scratch...
> >
> > Nir
>
> You can keep the same AD and the same profiles and config. But if you want
> to keep the profiles and not the domain, then you'll need to do an
> interforest AD migration using ADMT (or equivelent).
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d99ef770-3bbb-4b9e-a8bc-01e9f7ef7342&DisplayLang=en
>
> >

Nir
Wed May 14 06:45:01 PDT 2008

Thank you again

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
> Ah. Then you will need to get the transition pack, I'm afraid. You can
> manually copy profiles but it's a huge pain and may not work properly. And I
> don't know that ADMT will help you out either. However, you might try
> posting in microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory for more help
> (but please don't merely repost your original message; rewrite & update it).
> >