Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard... http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Migrating-Small-Business-Server...

Home
Articles & Tutorials
Exchange 2003 Articles
Migration & Deployment

Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003

Standard Part 2 – Configuring Exchange
Steps necessary to migrate your Exchange organization from Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003)
to Exchange 2003 Standard running on Windows Server 2003 Standard.

Published: Nov 30, 2006

Updated: Nov 30, 2006
Section: Migration & Deployment
Author: Chris Dalby
Rating: 4.1/5 - 36 Votes

If you missed the first part in this article series please read Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard
Part 1 – Preparing your network.

Introduction
In Part 1, I covered the main steps required to prepare the forest, domain and network for decommissioning Small Business Server 2003
(SBS) from a forest. In this article I will cover the steps necessary to move Exchange from SBS to a different server and decommission
SBS from the network.

At this point, we should have a new domain controller (DC01) installed into the domain. This is also a GC and holds all the FSMO
roles. Next up, we will join Exchange01 to the domain and install Exchange 2003 onto Exchange01.

I’m not going to run through the installation process. Suffice to say, for the purposes of this tutorial, I have accepted the installation
defaults. You can find a good article on the msexchange.org website for best practices on installing Exchange Server 2003.

Make sure you use Netdiag and Dcdiag to test all your network settings and connections. Also use these if you run into problems. It will
instantly tell you what’s going wrong on the network.

You might also want to throw in gpupdate /force to check that the domain is refreshing policies OK. This checks if user permissions are
running as expected and everything can talk to each other.

During this next stage, we will accomplish the following tasks:

Replicate all public folders to Exchange01

1 sur 8 21/10/2010 14:52

Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard... http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Migrating-Small-Business-Server...

Rehome the Offline Address Book folder

Change the server that is responsible for generating the Offline Address List
Rehome the Schedule+ Free Busy folder
Rehome the Organization Forms folder
Rehome the Recipient Update Service (RUS)
Designate another server to be the routing group master
Create another Site Replication Service (SRS) instance
Rehome connectors to Exchange01
Move mailboxes to Exchange01
Decommission SBS

Step-through Exchange 2003 Migration settings

Open Exchange System Manager and check that the SBS and Exchange01 are showing as servers in the organisation.

Firstly, you want to replicate all the Public Folders on to Exchange01. This will then give you two copies of your public folders, which
is good working practice anyway.

Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.

If the Display administrative groups option is turned on, expand Administrative Groups, and then expand First Administrative
Group. (To display administrative groups, right-click Your_Organization, click Properties, click to select the Display administrative
groups check box, click OK two times, and then restart Exchange System Manager).

Figure 2: Display Administrative Groups

Expand Folders, expand Public Folders, right-click a top-level public folder, and then click Properties.

Click the Replication tab, and then click Add.

2 sur 8 21/10/2010 14:52

Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard... http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Migrating-Small-Business-Server...

Figure 3: Public Folder Replication

In the Select a Public Store box, select the name of the server where you want a replica of this public folder (Exchange01), and then
click OK.

Click Apply, and then click OK. If this public folder has any subfolders and if you want these subfolders to have a replica on the
destination server, right-click the top-level public folder, click All Tasks, and then click Manage Settings.

In the Propagate Folder Settings box, click to select the Replicas check box, and then click OK. When you complete this step, all
subfolders of that top-level folder have a replica on the destination server.

Repeat steps 1 to 7 for all the Public Folders.

Next you need to wait for replication again, and then check that the public folders are In Sync. Follow these steps:

a. Right-click the public folder to verify, and click Properties.

b. Click the Replication tab, and click Details.
c. The Replication Status column should indicate In Sync.

3 sur 8 21/10/2010 14:52

Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard... http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Migrating-Small-Business-Server...

Figure 4: Public Folders In Sync

Next you must turn off replication for each public folder. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Expand Public Folders, right-click a top-level public folder, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Replication tab.
3. In the Replicate content to these public stores section, click the name of the public folder store that is on the source server,
click Remove, click Apply, and then click OK.
4. Repeat these steps for each public folder:
Offline Address Book folder
Offline Address List
Schedule+ Free Busy folder
Organization Forms folder
Recipient Update Service (RUS)

Designate another server to be the routing group master

You must designate Exchange01 to be the routing group master. To do this, follow these steps:

In Exchange System Manager, expand First Administrative Group (where First Administrative Group is the name of your
administrative group), expand Routing Groups, and then expand First Routing Group (where First Routing Group is the name of the
routing group where you want to change the routing group master).

Click Members, right-click the server in the right pane that you want to make the routing group master, and then click Set as Master.

4 sur 8 21/10/2010 14:52

Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard... http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Migrating-Small-Business-Server...

Figure 5: Routing Group Master

Create another Site Replication Service (SRS) instance

If you have Site Replication Service (SRS) installed and running, you must create a new SRS in Exchange System Manager. I’m leaving
this out, as we are assuming the SBS Server was a stand alone system.

Set-up connectors on Exchange01

Next you need to set-up any connectors from SBS on Exchange01. To do this, simply write down the connector settings from SBS and
recreate them on Exchange01.

Move mailboxes to Exchange01

To transfer mailboxes from SBS to Exchange01, follow these steps:

Open Exchange System Manager and drill down to the Mailbox Store on SBS.

In the right pane, select the mailboxes you wish to move by holding down the Ctrl key and selecting the mailboxes with the mouse. Then
right click, and click Exchange Tasks. Click Next on the Exchange Task Wizard.

On the Available Tasks page, under Select a task to perform, click Move Mailbox, and then click Next.

On the Move Mailbox page, click the destination server that is in the Server list, click a mailbox store in the Mailbox Store list, and
then click Next.

Configure how to handle corrupted messages that are found during the move, and click Next two times.

Expected errors while moving mailboxes

Some mailboxes might take a couple of goes to transfer over. This is normal. Get as many done en-mass, then correct the errors.

After you have transferred mailboxes to the new server, the final stage of the process is to uninstall Exchange from SBS, dcpromo down
to a member server, then remove SBS from the domain.

To uninstall Exchange Server from SBS, go to Control Panel and double click Add or Remove Programmes.

Select Windows Small Business Server from the list of programmes and click Change/Remove. Click through the wizard until your
reach the components selection page.

In the Action column, select Remove from the drop down list. Click Next twice. Exchange will then be unistalled from the server.

5 sur 8 21/10/2010 14:52

Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard... http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Migrating-Small-Business-Server...

Figure 6: Uninstall Exchange from SBS

When the uninstall has completed, reboot. Then run dcpromo. To do this, Click Start, Run, type dcpromo and click OK. Following this
process the SBS will be a member server in the domain.

To remove SBS from the domain, right click MyComputer and select properties. Click the Computer Name tab and click the
Workgroup radio button. Enter WORKGROUP for the new workgroup name and click OK. You will be prompted to reboot.

Following this, your new network will be running with a Stand alone Domain Controller (DC01) and stand alone Exchange Server
(Exchange01).

Conclusion
a dve rtis e me nt

This is a relatively straight-forward process so long as you take your time, and you’ve tried it out before. Do not experiment on a live
system. When I did this for real the first time, I had a test network set-up that I used to try all the steps first. You could use Virtual server
for this.

You could also use this process as a careful method for upgrading SBS 2000 to SBS 2003. Use the above process for decommissioning
the SBS 2000 server, then reverse the process for clean installing of a new SBS 2003 server. As long as you follow the GC and FSMO
rules, you will be OK.

6 sur 8 21/10/2010 14:52

Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard... http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Migrating-Small-Business-Server...

Essential documents:

For more information about how to move mailboxes in Exchange Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base 821829 - Moving mailboxes in Exchange Server 2003

Transfer mailboxes and public folders from SBS to the new DC. Follow KB822931 to remove the SBS exchange server from your
organisation.

Q: Can I separate the components of SBS 2003 R2; for example, install Exchange or SQL Server on another server?
A: You may not separate the software for use on more than one operating system environment under a single license, unless expressly
permitted. This applies even if the operating system environments are on the same physical hardware system, such as by using
virtualization technology.

How to upgrade Small Business Server Domain Environment to regular Windows 2003 Domain

Upgrading SBS 2000 to SBS 2003 Resources

For information about completing an upgrade, see Chapter 3B of the Getting Started guide.

For step-by-step instructions to complete a server migration, see Migrating from Small Business Server 2000 or Windows 2000 Server
to Windows Small Business Server 2003.

Note:
To complete an upgrade, you must be running Small Business Server 2000 Service Pack 1. If you are not running Service Pack 1, see
Knowledge Base article 326924 on the Microsoft Support site for information about downloading the service pack.

Windows Small Business Server 2003 Upgrade Best Practices

KB884453 How to install Small Business Server 2003 in an existing Active Directory domain

If you missed the first part in this article series please read Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard
Part 1 – Preparing your network.

About Chris Dalby

Chris Dalby is co-founder and Director of Yellow Park Ltd, a Microsoft Certified Partner located in London, UK. Yellow Park offers a
holistic approach to the dilemma of the IT services jigsaw and specializes in a broad range of services, including network support for
Windows networks, Live Meeting, web and email hosting, website design and multimedia services.

You can also find Chris at his other blog on Yellow Park, where he covers more general IT related content, mixed in with a bit of
culture and fun.

In his spare time, Chris enjoys walking and running in his local woods with his two favourite girls; wife Gosia and Kaija a Doberman.

Latest articles by Chris Dalby

Installing Exchange 2007 into a Small Business Server 2003 Domain Part 2 - Organizing Exchange and your Network
Installing Exchange 2007 into a Small Business Server 2003 domain Part 1 – Preparing and Installing
Resetting OWA Folder and IIS security permissions in Exchange 2003
Using admodify.net to administer and recover Exchange 2003
Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard Part 1 – Preparing your network

Related links
Installing Exchange 2007 into a Small Business Server 2003 Domain Part 2 - Organizing Exchange and your Network
Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard Part 1 – Preparing your network
Installing Exchange 2007 into a Small Business Server 2003 domain Part 1 – Preparing and Installing
Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Spam Filtering

Receive all the latest articles by email!

Receive Real-Time & Monthly MSExchange.org article updates in your mailbox. Enter your email below!

7 sur 8 21/10/2010 14:52

Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard... http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Migrating-Small-Business-Server...

Click for Real-Time sample & Monthly sample

Become an MSExchange.org member!

Discuss your Exchange Server issues with thousands of other Exchange experts. Click here to join!

About Us : Email us : Product Submission Form : Advertising Information

MSExchange.org is in no way affiliated with Microsoft Corp. *Links are sponsored by advertisers.

Copyright © 2010 TechGenix Ltd. All rights reserved. Please read our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.

8 sur 8 21/10/2010 14:52