Wed, Dec 22 2010 22:01
bradley
So you want to migrate to SBS 2011 Standard?
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Do you get the idea in this process there's a lot of emotions involved in this decision making process? Bottom line, it's what you are comfortable with.
In my opnion you shouldn't just knee jerk consider clean install when you are under 5 users. Nor for that matter should SBS standard be the knee jerk solution in that space. But then again, neither should a knee jerk solution to put Cloud based solutions in every 5 user micro network.
While Paul Thurrott laments that you'll need a partner to migrate to the cloud in SBS Essentials.. honey... you'll need a partner to clear though the cobwebs and hype of what works, what doesn't, what is ready for prime time, what Vendor will be in business for a year, what vendor you can trust to put your data in and then get it out should the need arise and all the other decisons to be made if you really want to go "all in the cloud" to borrow a phrase from Microsoft.
I'll do a flow chart on the decisions to be made BEFORE this step (go SBS standard, go Essentials or go something else), and then another one once you get into the migration process some of the key things to watch out for along the way.
But bottom line you have choices in migration paths.
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