Migration of Windows 2003 Storage Server to Windows 2008 Server

Hello, I need help. I have a Windows 2003 Storage Server Standalone unit
Workgroup no Domain and I have a new WIndows 2008 Standard Server Standalone
Unit Workgroup No Domain. I Need to know If I can Transfer all Userprofiles,
Group, Shares of folders, Permissions & security of Folders from the W 2003
Server to the W 2008 Server? Also, If I can go from W2003 to W2008 Can I go
back W 2008 to W 2003 Server?

Thank you
Ryan

Hello RYAN,

You can use robocopy to copy all Data form one machine to another. The profiles
you can not just copy because 2003 and 2008 have a different way of handling
them. Also the permissions you can not copy, because the servers have different
SID's even if you use the same user/groups names.

I am not sure about upgrading 2003 storage server to 2008 standard, because
this is not supported, see here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...BKMK_Supported

You can upgrade 2003 to 2008 basically but not vice versa, this will result
in a reinstallation from scratch.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello, I need help. I have a Windows 2003 Storage Server Standalone
> unit Workgroup no Domain and I have a new WIndows 2008 Standard
> Server Standalone Unit Workgroup No Domain. I Need to know If I can
> Transfer all Userprofiles, Group, Shares of folders, Permissions &
> security of Folders from the W 2003 Server to the W 2008 Server?
> Also, If I can go from W2003 to W2008 Can I go back W 2008 to W 2003
> Server?
>
> Thank you
> Rya