Re: Server 2003 Upgrade to Server 2008?

Hello Wael,

No ,you can not inplace upgrade SBS to 'normal' windows versions.

I strongly suggest to use one of the following newsgroups/forums:
http://www.sbs2008.com/

There are your SBS experts.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> On Nov 16, 8:33 am, Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Chris,
>>
>> You can upgrade from Windows server 2003 to Windows server
>> 2008:http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951041
>>
>> But keep inmind that all the software MUST support Windows server
>> 2008 and also the drivers must be available for Windows server 2008.
>>
>> So at least make a backup of all important data.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
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> I have the same issue. We are approaching the 75 user limit of 2003
> SBS and I would like to upgrade to 2008 enterprise. What is the best
> way to do that? I will have to move some software to a different
> machine. My question is, is it possible to install 2008 on top of 2003
> SBS? My impression is that the migration is so complicated that for
> our size it is easier to setup a new domain and recreate all the
> users. The only thing that need to be moved over is the exchange
> mailboxes.
>
> Am i correct?
>
> thanks
>