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Prepare for Windows SBS 2003 to Windows 2008 migration
1. Perform a full backup of the Source Server
2. Install the most recent service packs to prepare for Windows 2008
Migration
3. Raise the functional level of the Active Directory domain and forest to
prepare for Windows SBS 2008 migration
When Windows SBS 2003 is installed on a server, the functional level of the
AD DS domain and forest is set to Microsoft Windows 2000. In order to finish
the migration successfully, you must raise the level of the domain and
forest to Windows Server 2003.
To raise the functional level of the domain
1) On the Source Server, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and
then click Active Directory Domains and Trust.
2) In the console pane, right-click the domain for which you want to raise
the functional level, and then click Raise Domain Functional Level.
Note
The current domain functional level is displayed in Current domain
functional level, in the Raise Domain Functional Level dialog box.
3) In Select an available domain functional level, click Windows Server
2003, click Raise, and then click OK in the warning dialog box.
4. Prepare the Source Server SBS 2003 for
migration
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