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Small Business Server 2008 - Installation, Migration, and Configuration

By : David Overton
Book Image

Small Business Server 2008 - Installation, Migration, and Configuration

By: David Overton

Overview of this book

Small Businesses need to capitalize on the investments they make in IT to drive the business forward. SBS 2008 is uniquely positioned to deliver, but a poor implementation becomes a hindrance rather than a benefit to your business. Well implemented solutions enable your business to appear larger, yet more dynamic than many enterprises. It's easy to get Small Business Server 2008 up and running when you've got this book to hand. It helps you in a clear and friendly manner to understand how to implement SBS 2008 inside your business in a way that matches your business needs. The author's experience enables him to share a tried and tested path to deliver the business benefits without becoming bogged down in unnecessary details that are not relevant to small businesses. SBS 2008 is a fantastic investment for Small Businesses to make towards a well managed and highly functional IT solution in their business. This book is the culmination of many years advising small business owners and consultants on the recommend, tried and tested path to implement small business technology from Microsoft. Through this book you will gain an understanding of the features you can choose to use and then how to securely implement the server to deliver them. It will guide you through the installation and configuration process with the help of step-by-step instructions and plentiful screenshots. It will also explain how you can benefit from the collaboration tools based on SharePoint and how you can protect all your business data with a back-up process that covers anything from deleted files to a fire in the office. Imagine how great you'll feel when your Small Business Server 2008 is ready and working, and you can get back to surfing the Internet!
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Small Business Server 2008 Installation, Migration, and Configuration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Finishing the migration


This is the final task in the Migration Wizard. The result of this task is that the SBS 2003 system will be decommissioned and can be recycled either as an additional server with a new operating system loaded, such as Windows Server 2008 as provided with SBS 2008 Premium, or as per your local government recycling requirements.

To start the process, select Finish Migration in the Migration Wizard and click Next.

The Migration Wizard will next check that you have completed all the migration tasks. Select Finish the migration and again click on the Next button.

The Migration Wizard provides a link to documentation telling you how to demote the SBS 2003 server. In doing so, the SBS 2003 server will no longer function and will need to be turned off. You should ensure that all the data you require is present on the SBS 2008 system before following this last step. One option is to shut down the SBS 2003 server and check that your applications and data can still be found as...