W2K Server to SBS 2003 R1 Migration
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Hoping there is someone out there that would like to earn some £ !
One of my customers runs MS CRM 1.2 on a W2k Server with full blown Exchange etc. Now they need to move to CRM 3.x and to this end it will be a brand new server running SBS 2003 Premium R1. Because of the way CRM is licecned and 'works' I will need to build the new SBS sevrer and migrate the AD and Exchange stuff from the old server. The old server is the current domain controller and will be redundant at the end of the excercise. The reasons for R1 are around SQL 2005 and the extra effort upgrading CRM itself. There are some SQLservers on the server as well that will need to go accross.
Now, i'm a unix / network / web / security / architect person and although I will be able to work this out eventually, I'm hoping that there is a PHer out there to whom this is bread and butter.... Paying 50£ per hour and will be weekend in middle next month I expect
Any takers ?
Arf
One of my customers runs MS CRM 1.2 on a W2k Server with full blown Exchange etc. Now they need to move to CRM 3.x and to this end it will be a brand new server running SBS 2003 Premium R1. Because of the way CRM is licecned and 'works' I will need to build the new SBS sevrer and migrate the AD and Exchange stuff from the old server. The old server is the current domain controller and will be redundant at the end of the excercise. The reasons for R1 are around SQL 2005 and the extra effort upgrading CRM itself. There are some SQLservers on the server as well that will need to go accross.
Now, i'm a unix / network / web / security / architect person and although I will be able to work this out eventually, I'm hoping that there is a PHer out there to whom this is bread and butter.... Paying 50£ per hour and will be weekend in middle next month I expect
Any takers ?
Arf
I'm sure I can help out with this, if necessary. I'm based on the Hants/Berks border not far from Reading and am around every weekend next month apart from the 24/25th.
Out of interest why are they moving to SBS if they have already licensed Exchange and SQL? It's technically valid but I always felt Microsoft intended for customers to do it the other way around, i.e. start with SBS and break out into the full fledged products.
Out of interest why are they moving to SBS if they have already licensed Exchange and SQL? It's technically valid but I always felt Microsoft intended for customers to do it the other way around, i.e. start with SBS and break out into the full fledged products.
theboss said:
Out of interest why are they moving to SBS if they have already licensed Exchange and SQL? It's technically valid but I always felt Microsoft intended for customers to do it the other way around, i.e. start with SBS and break out into the full fledged products.
Fair point IMO. Going the other way (SBS -> full-fledged) is expensive, particularly if you're wanting SQL Server running on a dual processor box or something. roadsweeper said:
theboss said:
Out of interest why are they moving to SBS if they have already licensed Exchange and SQL? It's technically valid but I always felt Microsoft intended for customers to do it the other way around, i.e. start with SBS and break out into the full fledged products.
Fair point IMO. Going the other way (SBS -> full-fledged) is expensive, particularly if you're wanting SQL Server running on a dual processor box or something. CRM 3.0 does not run on W2k Server. It requires either 2003 or SBS 2003. The licences will need to be purchased from scratch and therefore the SBS2003 ones are somewhat cheaper. The original W2k Licences were purchased at a 95% discount through the old internal MS staff scheme. Cant do this anymore, so hence keeping the costs as low as possible.
theboss said:
I'm sure I can help out with this, if necessary. I'm based on the Hants/Berks border not far from Reading and am around every weekend next month apart from the 24/25th.
Out of interest why are they moving to SBS if they have already licensed Exchange and SQL? It's technically valid but I always felt Microsoft intended for customers to do it the other way around, i.e. start with SBS and break out into the full fledged products.
Out of interest why are they moving to SBS if they have already licensed Exchange and SQL? It's technically valid but I always felt Microsoft intended for customers to do it the other way around, i.e. start with SBS and break out into the full fledged products.
Thanks for that Neil .. PM me your phone number and once I've ordered kit and organised with the CRM people I'll give you a call ! ... Cheers
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