Sunday, April 25, 2010

Migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008

Well, it looks like we are finally on schedule to convert from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. There have been some issues that we have wanted to work out, the main one being that we are using an externally routable domain name as our internal domain, not good practice. So, we are going to create the server NEW using a .local domain therefore eliminating DNS issues etc that have plagued us in the past. To do this though will require alot of help from my volunteers, and backend work and direction from Mark Moreno at C&M Support Services. We will be starting this transition on Thursday May 13th at 5pm and plan to have it completed by Saturday May 15th at 5pm or sooner. We will have to touch all domain workstations to move profiles etc, and also all laptops, macs, and iphones to get this all working correctly, smoothly and efficiently. I am confident that we can accomplish this task with the TechOps team.

I will post more info as we hash out the exact route we are taking to do this.