Hi David

useful posting here. How do i acquire a transition pack CD? I need to convert sbs to standard server to enable Terminal Server. Does the transition pack come within a retail box? Thanks m8

Rob

David,

I have a client with SBS 2003 Premium.  They have only the Server and SQL installed.  They are a non-profit and can get Microsoft Software at extremely discounted prices through techsoup.org.  Unfortunately, techsoup doesn't sell the Transition Pack and the cost of the Premium Transition Pack is too high to swing.  Can they purchase the Standard Transition Pack to "undo" the SBS locked down features, then purchase, through Techsoup, the SQL server and CAL's?  In other words, will the Standard Transition Pack unlock the premium SBS?

Thanks!

Julie

Can you transition from SBS 2003 Std (non R2) to Windows Server Standard 2003 R2, Exchange 2003 SP2?

Thanks

David

As you said there is very limited information on the SBS 2003 R2 transition pack.

I just wanted to confirm that you definitely have to upgrade SBS 2003 to R2 before applying the SBS R2 transition pack and also is there a way (since i have purchased the transition pack) to temporarily increase the user cals on SBS 2003

Hi David

I have already purchased the SBS 2003 R2 Prem Transition pack and the necessary CALS reason for doing this is that i already have 75 users logging onto my network and have another 10 starting work soon that need access to the network

My current SBS 2003 Prem server does not have any service packs or R2 software installed. So i needed to know if i could just install the R2 transition pack on my current setup? or do i have to upgrade the my server to R2 first then run the transition pack?

Thanks David

Is there any quick fix that i can do in the interim to get my additional 10 users working? until i have purchased the R2 upgrade software

Part 2 or 3 for the Webcast series was how to configure SBS and discussed things like disk, memory, dual

This blog entry seems to have been snoozign for a while so I hope you don't mind em asking a question:

Can you buy a transition pack but actually install the components on new hardware?

I have same situation as Julie Vigil but there is no answer so I will ask again .  Will the Standard Transition Pack unlock the premium SBS? Thanks.

David,

Yes you can transition from SP1 to R2 with the R2 transition pack.  The install runs without any problems.  Users may want to purchase an SBS R2 upgrade to stay in good standing for the licensing of premium products since the versions changed.  For some reason, a lot of people ask this question and there is a lot of confusion.  

Chris,

areu sure I can transit from SBS SP1 to windows standard 2003 r2? I want to confirm this before purchasng the sbs r2 transition pack.  Also, is it a MUST I purchase sbs 2003 r2 upgrade before i can transition to windows 2003 r2? if it works, then why do I have to buy the upgrade? Also, are there significant differences btw server 2003 sp2 and server 2003 r2?

Right,  been though all the options.

I have 2 sets of SBS with in the company.   When we merged we decomissioned the SBS server (Standard) and just kept using the SBS (premium).  Both are OEM products.

If I grab the transition pack,   do I have to keep running Exchange, ISA and Windows on the same server, because it is an OEM?  Or do I get to move things about?  *confused*

Change of plan,

I'm going to buy a new server,  put SBS2003 R2 Standard FPP on it.  Migrate all over to that.  Then run the transition pack.

Then I'll have a redundant SBS servers in my cupbord gathering dust,  but full licences for:  FFP, Exchange, Share Point Services, and windows 2003 (all 2003 R2)

I'll be able to put some old Server 2000 licence on the hardware eventually and use the old server as a test platorm.  

The next step will be upgrading to get Exchange 2007 Server 2008.  Since we're costing this now,  for the end of the year.  I have no idea of the best upgrade path from:

Old SBS 2003 severs Premium,  (that we don't use the premium features of)

To Windows 2008 Domain,  running exchange 2007.

thanks for the info David.  My other questions is, is there any REAL value in using Server 2003 R2 as against Server 2003 sp2?  What are the major differences /advantages?  Thanks

Oh, also my distributor here in africa says I must wait 21 days for my CALs!!  Do you know any online distributor that can FEdex or DHL to me?  Thanks again

Hi David,

Am I right in thinking if I have a SBS 2003 server with 20 OEM CALS and purchase a new server with SBS 2003 R2 with30  OEM CALS I can use the transition pack on the old server and join it to the new SBS domain and just run it as a file server without buying additional CALS?

Thanks a million and hope you had a great summer as here in Belgium it was terrible!

Hey we are planning to upgrade an sbs 2003 server and have purchased the transition pack.

We have purchased a new server and plan to migrate Exchange over to its own server, in saying that i need to first install exchange 2003 on the new server before i can seperate and migrate the exchange data.

we didnt get an exchange cd with the transition pack, so im wonder do i need to purchase exchange as well? I just not sure what ot use to install exchange on the new server when all i have is the transition pack and the original sbs install cds..

any advice would be great

We are planning to use the transition pack to break out of our current SBS2003 R2 Premium setup.  We only use Sharepoint (which i think uses SQL), do i have to buy CALs for Sharepoint or SQL on top of my transition CALs?

With SQL - on SBS it is used for Sharepoint and SBS Monitoring. I was advised that when I get the transition pack I will need to purchase individual licenses for SQL as well. The SQL cal is $229 per user. We have about 85 users and the number will increase. What I want to know is, can we use the SQL 2005 Express version instead?

Thanks David. Ouch, we have SBS 2003 Premium (non-R2).  How do I check if the WSS Database has been moved to SQL server? Sorry I am not very familiar with SQL server.

Hmmm...can we still use of the non chargable version of SQL?

Thank you.

Jason

We have a windows 2003 SBS server which is a bit old.

we purchased few new server hardwares along with the Windows 2008 STD server+CAL licenses and also Exchange 2007 licenses.

Is it possible to add these new servers to the existing domain and demote the Windows 2003 SBS server from the server roles without purchasing the transition pack?

Windows 2008 Standard came pre-intalled with these new hardware and we don't want to pay again for the transition pack.

Thanks.

Thanks David.

Yes, I got the right lic for windows 2008 standard and exchange 2007.

If I move everything from SBS 2003 to the new windows 2008 server, can I demote and take SBS2003 offline?

Is there a "demote" option available to safely unplug SBS2003 from the network?

Thank you David.

Will keep you posted.

I m looking for the Media for Windows SBS 2003 Transition Pack, this product is discontinue but I manage to get the licence, from where I can get the media or download  link  ?

My email address is [email protected]

Prompt response is appreciated.

Regards

Adnan

Hi

Any chance you can supply the part numbers for the transition pack, For SBS 2003 R2 and SBS 2003 (non R2) as I am having trouble finding these and being told by microsoft that it is no longer supplied!!

Regards

Ambrose

Surely this is exactly when they do need to supply it so people can move on to Windows 2008 and Exchange 2010

David,

I have a customer that is using SBS 2003, and for some reason my ex-business partner setup a new 2008 Standard box (along with the associated CALs) for them with the intent that we'd move the domain. Obviously, a transition pack will be needed. I don't mind setting up a temporary 2003 Standard box (I have several I can use) to assist in the migration, but I am confused as to exactly what I need and what the customer needs to purchase and am wondering if you could assist me. I can purchase T74-01133 which is 20-CALs for under $200, or do I need to get the "complete" product for $1,200. Or will the CALs work, and I can get the media separately?

David, as the guru of the transition pack hopefully you can help.

Last week I upgraded our SBS 2003 Premium SP2, to server 2003. We purchased and took the only route of upgrading SBS 2003 to R2, then the Premium Transition Pack.

Unfortnately I'm out of the office currently and I've got a nagging doubt in my mind, that nowhere have I seen a R2 logo during the transition. Which I'm sure I did during my test migration.

Is it as simple as me forgetting to put in the TP cd2 which is R2, is this not prompted? Is there a logfile somewhere which will prove/disprove?

Thanks.