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Sat, Nov 21 2009 1:49

Migration Step Thirty-Four: Running the SBSBPA

So one of the clean up things you need to do post install is this: EVENT # 25091 EVENT LOG Application EVENT TYPE Warning OPCODE Info SOURCE Windows SharePoint Services 3 Search CATEGORY Gatherer EVENT ID 2436 COMPUTERNAME SERVER DATE / TIME 11/20/2009...
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Thu, Nov 19 2009 1:45

Migration Step Thirty one: Adding a bit of Group Policy

Delete the old Folder Redirection Group Policy object. Follow the instructions on pages 73 through 74 in the Microsoft migration document. Give the built-in Administrator group the right to log on as a batch job for Windows SBS 2008 migration Note After...
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Thu, Nov 19 2009 0:20

Migration Step Thirty: DCpromoing the SBS 2003

At this point of the migration we need to physically remove any attached printers and attach them to the new server (more on that in another blog post). And now we're ready to say goodbye to the SBS 2003 box. Demote the Source Server You must demote...
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Wed, Nov 18 2009 8:42

Migration Step Twenty Nine and a half, part two: Uninstalling Exchange 2003

Let's try this again now... And voila You must uninstall Exchange Server 2003 from the Source Server before you demote it. This removes all references in AD DS to Exchange Server on the Source Server. You must have your Windows Small Business Server...
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Wed, Nov 18 2009 0:13

Migration Step Twenty Nine and a half: Uninstalling the Exchange 2003

You must uninstall Exchange Server 2003 from the Source Server before you demote it. This removes all references in AD DS to Exchange Server on the Source Server. You must have your Windows Small Business Server 2003 media to remove Exchange Server 2003...
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Mon, Nov 9 2009 22:54

Migration step twenty: Moving Public Folders

Now that we've moved the mailboxes, they all say "user mailbox" and not legacy mailbox. So now onto public folders. Go back to the SBS 2003 box, under administrative groups, under first administrative groups, under public folder store, right...
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Mon, Nov 9 2009 19:36

Migration Step Nineteen: Moving the mailboxes

So on the day that TechEd Berlin announced the availability of Exchange 2010, I'm doing a test migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. The funny thing is a lot of the keynote videos showcased Outlook 2010 features in conjunction with Exchange...
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Mon, Nov 9 2009 1:06

Migration Step Eighteen: Moving the trusted cert

If you are like me and already have a godaddy cert ...and believe me when I say I have one... I bought the dang thing for ten years in advance so I wouldn't accidentally forget to renew it. So I kinda want to keep this cert and not rebuy it. But we...
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Mon, Nov 9 2009 0:19

Migration Step Fifteen: Network configuration

Configure the network We're on to the next step.... When you have a GOOD firewall (that is one that doesn't have the uPnP enabled and you have to manually set it up. Enter the router IP and then the server IP. It will run the wizard and complete...
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Sun, Nov 8 2009 22:48

Migration Step Fourteen: It's moving time!

http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/11/07/just-a-reminder-of-all-of-the-key-migration-resources.aspx  Migrate settings and data to the new server. Follow the instructions on pages 28 through 70 in the Microsoft migration document.  Change where...
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Sun, Nov 8 2009 12:34

Migration Step Thirteen: You installed in migration mode!

And we finished the install and the "migrate to Windows SBS" is ready to go. Under the hood the FSMO roles have been added to this box and the SBS 2003 is no longer the king of the domain. [Meanwhile I have to take a break to wash my car so...
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Sun, Nov 8 2009 0:02

Migration Step Nine: Check the health of Exchange

c Optimize Exchange Server and mailboxes. Follow the instructions on pages 16 through 17 in the Microsoft migration document. c Empty the Deleted Items folder. c Archive older mail It can take a long time to migrate large Exchange Server mailboxes. It...
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Sat, Nov 7 2009 22:50

Migration Step Six: Removing ISA

When I moved the SBS 2003 over to the (unsupported) HyperV platform, one of the things I had to do was to uninstall ISA 2004 and take the virtualized box back down to one nic. Just a reminder of the steps I took -- this is from the SBS 2008 migration...
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Sat, Nov 7 2009 22:34

Migration Step Seven: Checking Exchange is ready to go

We're back on our Migration blog post series (hint all of the Migration blog posts are tagged with "Migration" for easy reference). And now we're going to check and make sure our Exchange is ready to go: I. In the source domain, check...
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Tue, Nov 3 2009 20:50

The most important backup of all

So before you run the source tool on your SBS 2003 box in addition to the normal backup. In addition to the possibly paranoid backup you need to do with a third party program like Storagecraft, Acronis, DriveImageXML (paid not free), make sure you do...
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Sun, Oct 25 2009 16:19

What's your RAID favorite?

This weekend I'm just doing a play install and seeing what sort of RAID array I can build. RAID levels: Learn about RAID 50: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid5_gci1066983,00.html RAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en...
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Wed, Oct 21 2009 1:21

So how am I dealing with fax and backup in HyperV?

So the question from many is how am I going to deal with faxing and backup in HyperV? First off I should warn you that in my firm desktop faxing is not a priority, so on that one I don't have to deal, we have a physical fax machine and that's...
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Tue, Oct 20 2009 2:00

Eight words

Eight words to get me excited... an email that said "Your server" "It is ready when you are!" I'll be picking it up and doing a 'dry run' of just merely making sure to install SBS 2008 on it, what partitions I want where...
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