migrate sbs 2003 to 2008 standard WITHOUTexchange

I am looking for guidance in migrating from sbs 2003 to 2008 standard on new
hardware. Exchange is not being used on SBS 2003 and is not required on the
new setup. I have found a very good 79 page Microsoft white paper that lays
out the steps for migrating from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. I would like to have
something similar for SBS 2003 to 2008 standard. Does anyone know of such a
document or does anyone have a good "to do list" to follow for making this
type of transition. Everything else I am finding addresses moving from SBS to
2 seperate servers: One for DC, etc. and one for Exchange.

As long as Exchange isn't in the equation, nor SharePoint, then the
transition is trivial, frankly. If you intend for your domain name to stay
the same, but don't care about your server name, then:

1.) Build Server 2k8. Apply all current patches and SPs.
2.) Upgrade SBS schema to Server 2k8 level using adprep.
3.) Install AD DS Role on Server 2k8
4.) Promote Server 2k8 to be a DC using dcpromo. Make sure Server 2k8 is a
GC.
5.) Verify that replication is working.
6.) Move FSMO roles from SBS to Server 2k8.
(You can do this politely, in which case your SBS is fairly permanently
broken, or you can disconnect the SBS server before you do this, and then
seize the roles to Server 2k8. In which case, you have a fallback position
to where you started.)
7.) Disconnect SBS from the network. Do not EVER connect it back to the
network until the server has been WIPED.
8.) Do basic AD and DNS cleanup to remove all traces of previous SBS server
from AD and DNS.

If you need your new server to be the same name and same domain when you
finish, then you need to use a temporary DC to hold the AD, following the
steps above, and then repeat the steps 3-8 on the final server.

If you don't feel comfortable with this sketchy description, then you
probably need detailed documentation on the process. For that, and lots of
useful tools and support, see www.sbsmigration.com. Not free, but very
reasonably priced, and highly recommended.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel




"PCS Tech" <PCS > wrote in message
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>I am looking for guidance in migrating from sbs 2003 to 2008 standard on
>new
> hardware. Exchange is not being used on SBS 2003 and is not required on
> the
> new setup. I have found a very good 79 page Microsoft white paper that
> lays
> out the steps for migrating from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. I would like to
> have
> something similar for SBS 2003 to 2008 standard. Does anyone know of such
> a
> document or does anyone have a good "to do list" to follow for making this
> type of transition. Everything else I am finding addresses moving from SBS
> to
> 2 seperate servers: One for DC, etc. and one for Exchange.