How reliable is sbsmigration.com

samst

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Mar 10, 2010, 6:28:05 PM3/10/10

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sbsmigration.com looks promising. is it recommended?

Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]

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Mar 10, 2010, 6:43:15 PM3/10/10

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Perfectly reliable, and has been in business for years. Jeff Middleton, the
owner, is well known in the small business IT community - hosts a conference
in New Orleans, etc. You'll probably get many recommendations from his
satisfied customers - including me. I migrated my production SBS from 2K to
2K3 on new hardware several years ago - the business owner was working on
his desktop PC when I completed the migration, and he didn't even know it.

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Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]

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Mar 10, 2010, 10:16:27 PM3/10/10

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Realize it's a Document Process.
(or tool)

So IMO the reliable word doesn't fit it completely

"Thorough" would be a better word
Plus you get support during the process.

IMO it's your Prep Work that affects your migration.
Because his documentation is solid.

So do you know what you are doing, Etc.
If your server is @#$ and you don't do good prep. etc. etc.
Pre Read before you start.

So with all tools it's only as good as the person who's using them.

It also has some advantages of keeping the same domain name etc.
As far as recommending it? yes I do.

(No I don't get kickbacks unfortunately... LOL)

Russ

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PJG51

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Mar 11, 2010, 1:44:16 PM3/11/10

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I had never set up a SBS server before but was able to successfully complete
a swing migration from SBS 2000 to SBS 2008 using the SBS Swing Migration
tools without most of the people in the office even knowing when the
transition occurred. Jeff provides a lot of very detailed documentation
and additional personalized assistance when needed. It was well worth the
money to me. If you are real SBS expert, like many of the contributors to
this forum, you may not need the extra help. But if you don't have that
much experience with setting up SBS servers and transitioning your AD to a
new server, it is highly recommended.

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SuperGumby [SBS MVP]

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Mar 14, 2010, 1:19:47 AM3/14/10

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having sometimes been referred to as such an 'SBS Expert' and also having
developed my own migration strategy (while Jeff developed his) I assure you
that should I be looking at such a migration I would be looking to Jeff's
tools/documentation.

Main reason is Jeff's thoroughness, 2nd is the included support and Jeff's
knowledge of AD.

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Andrew M. Saucci, Jr.

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Mar 14, 2010, 7:00:35 PM3/14/10

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It is highly recommended, endorsed, sanctioned (in the good sense of
the term), lauded, praised, and dare I say, blessed! Jeff Middleton is one
of the few people who actually knows what he is doing and understands how
things work. Every dollar spent there is a huge bargain.

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Leythos

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Mar 14, 2010, 7:53:20 PM3/14/10

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In article <3E2E58E2-857F-44D7...@microsoft.com>,
sa...@discussions.microsoft.com says...

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> sbsmigration.com looks promising. is it recommended?

I migrated a network with the following:

1 x SBS 2003 premium
2 x Terminal Servers with 60 users
30 x printers
4 x remote offices
7 x scanner/email copier/printer devices
1 x dedicated email server (email not on SBS)

The migration was done in stages:

1) Install Temp Domain Controller
2) Wait for AD to replicate
3) Follow direction
4) Restore Backup from Production SBS, data, to new server
5) Take network down for 2 hours during night-shift
6) Robocopy with security all files that were different from data
7) Remove old server
8) Reboot new non-SBS server
9) Reboot all workstations (used shutdown script in a batch file)

Left over things - had to remotely reinstall AV software since it's
managed from the server, had a couple files that were in use when copied
even though we asked users to logout....

I've done the a few times, it was painless and easy.

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