Why Swing to SBS 2008?

Why Swing Migration

Why Swing Migration

A common question I get is "why do a Swing Migration" now that Microsoft has defined their own Migration Mode and path for setup that can preserve the Active Directory as part of the installation?

One answer might be: Ask the people trying the LIVE DOMAIN MIGRATION procedure defined by Microsoft and think about the agony of getting half-way through and stuck, or worse, the upgrade dies during setup but YOU have to undo everything it did to try again. Swing Migration is safe, it's sane, it's predictable and it's done without modifying the production domain or server. Relax...Swing Migration solves the headaches.

If you are familiar with Swing Migration, you likely have valued the following benefits:

  • Same domain name and Active Directory preserved
  • Same server name and IP preserved
  • Work "construction offline" for parallel testing and an open timeline to deploy
  • Existing production server remains online and unchanged during construction
  • Nothing to Undo if your migration plan is delayed or construction becomes blocked
  • Transparent replacement of the OriginalDC with a new FinalDC
  • Option to put the OriginalDC back online if needed...unchanged by the migration path
  • Convenient and optimized work to build offsite, offline, and minimize transition time
  • Schedule the server transition, and the data transfer, obtaining minimized downtime
  • Little if nothing to do at the workstations, no change to profiles or UNC paths
  • Predictable project construction path
  • Clean install server that "looks the same" to the domain computers and users

A larger view of the benefits of Swing Migration using the new Swing It!! Kit solution (once it is completed) is that the tools and updates available will make it much easier to keep up with changes and new information. Rather than trying to keep all the new concerns in your head, updates to the migration tools will make it feasible to limit the amount of documentation and supplements necessary to have a "current project path" solution month after month, year after year.

SBS 2008 Support...Now!

2003 to SBS 2008 Scenario is Released! 

Please notice that this SBS 2008 scenario is specifically and only intended for project upgrades into SBS 2008.

Migrations and upgrade for non-SBS versions of Windows 2008 or Exchange 2007 will be addresses very soon with a separate project scenario from SBSmigration.com.

SBSmigration.com is continuing with development work on a follow-up release which will begin incorporating additional levels of "automation tools" which will facilitate reducing the documentation based path with a more streamline tool based construction. This follow-up release is targeted for Mid-Summer 2009, though reliable tools will be introduced as quickly as possible rather than waiting on a "version" based release of the Kit.

SBS 2008 Swing Migration: 2003 Source Platform Supported

The 2003 to SBS 2008 Scenario is flexible to address most pre-existing source domains on "tangent" platform versions for Active Directory and infrastructure upgrades. The standard scenario documentation outline addresses migration from these platforms:

  • SBS 2003
  • SBS 2003 R2
  • Windows 2003 (all platforms)
  • Windows 2003 R2 (all platforms)
  • Exchange 2003

SBS 2008 Swing Migration: 2000 Source Platform Variations Supported

SBSmigration.com is now providing Supplemental Documentation for migrating into SBS 2008 from the following platforms provided you have access for construction of the TempDC using SBS 2003 media, or equivalent 2003 version media for Windows and Exchange.:

  • SBS 2000
  • Windows 2000
  • BackOffice 2000
  • Exchange 2000

To work a project from these existing platforms please contact YCST@SBSmigration.com to request instruction on completing your purchase and starting the project immediately! 

 

Website Expanded Features

SBSmigration.com Website Expanded Features

Over the past year we have extensively updated the website features for our customer and support experience including:

Product Library

  • Product Library Resource Management & History Tracking Tools
  • Click-to-Add new references or product to your library
  • Supplemental Reference Library

Discussion Forums

  • Swing Migration Scenario Specific Support Forums
  • Technology and Application Forums
  • Discussion Notifications, Tags, Notes & Bookmarking Features
  • Support Forums monitored 7 days a week
  • Simple view and sort of your own discussions

    • Learn more about the new Discussion Forums

1:1 Expert Project Support Case Management

  • Online Support Case Tracking (visible for you and our support review)
  • Persistent Case Management (you can refer to it month later on a different project)
  • Concurrent access to Private Online or Email based support
  • Upload diagnostic log managed per case