[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] Upgrades to SBS 2003 R2? - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"
Thursday, December 08, 2005 1:44 AM bradley

Upgrades to SBS 2003 R2?

Adam says he just talked to the MS Concierge and they said the only way to get R2 was to buy the 'whole' product again, as there were no upgrade options.

Adam?  Tell that Concierge-y person to go listen to the SBS weekly show where Guy Haycock 'aka the buck stops here' SBS Product Manager says there will be. 

Guy's post and that podcast should clear up any confusion.

One correction to Guy's post though.. he says that if you have SA for a nominal fee you'll get the media... for those of us on the three year SA plan it gets automagically sent to us.

And Adam?  The web site you were pointed to was Windows 2003 R2 pricing, not SBS pricing.  We don't have SBS pricing yet.

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# re: Upgrades to SBS 2003 R2?

Thursday, December 08, 2005 1:50 AM by bradley

Mmmm.

The info I got pointed at was here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/pricing.mspx

Sure looks like full price to me.

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# re: Upgrades to SBS 2003 R2?

Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:00 AM by bradley

Looking at the Following MS page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/r2/default.mspx

"SBS customers without Software Assurance will be able to purchase a new version upgrade SKU via retail, which will enable them to cost-effectively upgrade from any version of SBS (4.0, 4.5, 2000, 2003) to SBS 2003 R2."

It looks like to me that if you do not have SA you will buying the whole thing again to upgrade since it is one upgrade SKU for all versions.

So what are supposed to do buy 3 yr SA so we also get Cougar when it comes out in 2007? But wait that means I will have to buy a 64 bit server to support the non-32 bit Cougar in 2007. My opinion is if R2 does not fix a certain issue, safe your money! Use the savings to buy Cougar bundled in with your new 64bit hardware.