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From: John on 14 May 2010 06:44 Hi Once we run out of 75 license limit of sbs 2008 premium is the migration to sbs 2008 essential an upgrade or a reinstall of the server is required? Many Thanks Regards
From: Cliff Galiher - MVP on 14 May 2010 07:34 A migration can keep your AD infrastructure intact, but there is no way to do an in-place upgrade from SBS to a stand-alone server. You will also need to plan on how you will install and support the non-OS pieces that SBS offers such as Exchange and Sharepoint. -Cliff "John" <info(a)nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message news:ekFGnJ18KHA.3176(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi > > Once we run out of 75 license limit of sbs 2008 premium is the migration > to sbs 2008 essential an upgrade or a reinstall of the server is required? > > Many Thanks > > Regards > >
From: Jim Behning SBS MVP on 14 May 2010 07:37 EBS is a three server solution. I have not installed one but I understand that part of the setup is seeing all three servers at the same time, but I could be wrong. I do not believe you can avoid three new servers. I believe part of the process is the new EBS pulls AD stuff over and Exchange stuff. If you export all of your email, do not care about AD and workstation profiles, and are not using Sharepoint then you could backup your old SBS, scrap the SBS 2008 and use the old SBS as one of your 3 new servers. http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=191B141E-3A1F-4C1B-BD2D-15623751E518&displaylang=en On Fri, 14 May 2010 11:44:20 +0100, "John" <info(a)nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote: >Hi > >Once we run out of 75 license limit of sbs 2008 premium is the migration to >sbs 2008 essential an upgrade or a reinstall of the server is required? > >Many Thanks > >Regards > See what SBS support is working on http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzer http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/tags/BPA/default.aspx
From: Cliff Galiher - MVP on 14 May 2010 07:49 You are correct. The three servers are installed individually, not simultaneously. The third server to be installed is the messaging server, so to migrate exchange, SBS must still be available *after* the installation of the third server completes. Virtualizing can, of course, keep the physical hardware count down, but careful considerations must be made when deciding to virtualize. There are trade-offs. -Cliff "Jim Behning SBS MVP" <jimbehning(a)doesthisblockpork.mindspring.com> wrote in message news:8ucqu55l5m4n1a10quo16vg5gl2jh47jdv(a)4ax.com... > EBS is a three server solution. I have not installed one but I > understand that part of the setup is seeing all three servers at the > same time, but I could be wrong. I do not believe you can avoid three > new servers. I believe part of the process is the new EBS pulls AD > stuff over and Exchange stuff. > > If you export all of your email, do not care about AD and workstation > profiles, and are not using Sharepoint then you could backup your old > SBS, scrap the SBS 2008 and use the old SBS as one of your 3 new > servers. > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=191B141E-3A1F-4C1B-BD2D-15623751E518&displaylang=en > > On Fri, 14 May 2010 11:44:20 +0100, "John" <info(a)nospam.infovis.co.uk> > wrote: > >>Hi >> >>Once we run out of 75 license limit of sbs 2008 premium is the migration >>to >>sbs 2008 essential an upgrade or a reinstall of the server is required? >> >>Many Thanks >> >>Regards >> > See what SBS support is working on > http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx > Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzer > http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/tags/BPA/default.aspx
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 14 May 2010 09:46
Plus I'm not at all sure I'd choose to move to EBS at this point, given that the product has been discontinued. A simple move off of SBS to "normal" Windows Server + Exchange could be done on fewer servers and with less pain, and would not have one looking at a potential second migration later. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "Cliff Galiher - MVP" <cgaliher(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:e8s4Qu18KHA.2248(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > You are correct. The three servers are installed individually, not > simultaneously. The third server to be installed is the messaging server, > so to migrate exchange, SBS must still be available *after* the > installation of the third server completes. Virtualizing can, of course, > keep the physical hardware count down, but careful considerations must be > made when deciding to virtualize. There are trade-offs. > > -Cliff > > > "Jim Behning SBS MVP" <jimbehning(a)doesthisblockpork.mindspring.com> wrote > in message news:8ucqu55l5m4n1a10quo16vg5gl2jh47jdv(a)4ax.com... >> EBS is a three server solution. I have not installed one but I >> understand that part of the setup is seeing all three servers at the >> same time, but I could be wrong. I do not believe you can avoid three >> new servers. I believe part of the process is the new EBS pulls AD >> stuff over and Exchange stuff. >> >> If you export all of your email, do not care about AD and workstation >> profiles, and are not using Sharepoint then you could backup your old >> SBS, scrap the SBS 2008 and use the old SBS as one of your 3 new >> servers. >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=191B141E-3A1F-4C1B-BD2D-15623751E518&displaylang=en >> >> On Fri, 14 May 2010 11:44:20 +0100, "John" <info(a)nospam.infovis.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >>>Hi >>> >>>Once we run out of 75 license limit of sbs 2008 premium is the migration >>>to >>>sbs 2008 essential an upgrade or a reinstall of the server is required? >>> >>>Many Thanks >>> >>>Regards >>> >> See what SBS support is working on >> http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx >> Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzer >> http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/tags/BPA/default.aspx > |