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Windows sbs 2011 to 2016 standard.

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  • 28-06-2017 3:41pm
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    Aph2016
    Registered Users Posts: 493 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Would anyone be able to advise on the best way to migrate sbs 2011 to server 2016 standard?

    Should I start from scratch? Is there a way to copy user profile data?


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    ressem
    Registered Users Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    You can add windows 2016 standard to the domain, promote it as a domain controller with a global catalog copy.
    Set up DNS and a copy of DHCP.
    Recreate the shares, including User share, use robocopy or richcopy to copy all the files keeping the existing permissions.

    Something like
    robocopy.exe D:\Sourceuserdir \\destinationserver\newuserdirectory /E /COPYALL /ZB /V /TS /FP /BYTES /ETA /LOG+:d:\logfile.log

    Are there server based printers to migrate?
    Are there boot scripts to move?
    Do you use group policies to tell the clients where to find the network shares and printers. (Use GPRESULT /H command to look for applied group objects)
    Or there might be old fashioned startup scripts.

    Server based applications to install on the new server?
    A backup to setup.

    The last step will be to migrate the FSMO roles from the 2011 SBS to the 2016 standard server after which SBS will start to complain and intermittently shut down.
    https://www.petri.com/understanding_fsmo_roles_in_ad
    https://www.petri.com/transferring_fsmo_roles


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