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Mark Seniow User is Offline

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7/25/2006 05:37 AM
I understand that until just recently there was a forum here for the Sing IT!! Kit from www.sbsmigration.com. Does anyone have any hands-on feedback as to the value of the kit? either good or bad? Thanks.

Marina Roos User is Offline

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7/25/2006 04:01 PM

Hi Mark,

The Swing It from Jeff Middleton is absolutely good. If you want to migrate from SBS 2000 to 2003 for example, you will definitely see the value when using this method. You don't have to touch the workstations, the production network will hardly be down, as only for the moment where the new server is being plugged into the network (after the old one is plugged out) and when you are forklifting the Exchange data stores and other data. Worldwide a lot of people have used this method and it simply rocks.

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Mark Seniow User is Offline

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7/25/2006 04:11 PM
That's great news! I will definately look into this further. Would I be correct in assuming that a migration from a MS BackOffice 2000 install (Win2k, AD, Exch 2k, SQL 2k, + misc.) to SBS2k3 would be just as efficient/simple? Thanks.

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7/25/2006 06:53 PM

Hi Mark,

Yes, that will be a perfect candidate.

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Adam Orenczak User is Offline

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9/18/2007 11:56 PM
I am looking to take a buggy sbs2003 server and rebuild it on new hardware. One of our large problems is that we cannot get the ntbackup to run at all. Is the Kit the answer for my problem as well?

Marina Roos User is Offline

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10/04/2007 04:02 AM

Hi Adam,

Yes, with Swing It you can migrate to new hardware.

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grenville green User is Offline

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4/16/2008 11:22 AM
Hello, Can the SwingIT migration be used to migrate to full blown version of 2003 AD domain?

Robin Wenham User is Offline

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4/18/2008 01:36 PM
In theory yes - Geoff was helping me to do that but I ran into a few problems likely of my own making. I've moved to new work and passed the job to someone else now. I can see no reason why it won't work - the catch is that SBS installs all the necessary services and modules automatically - with full server you have to choose to install them (e.g. Exchange).

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