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Checklist: Preparing for the Migration from SBS to Office 365 & Windows...
Before you begin your migration from SBS 2008/2011 to Office 365 and Windows Server 2012 R2 or 2016, it pays to set aside 2-3 hours to review the existing environment, look for pitfalls, and set out...
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Migrating Companyweb from SBS to Office 365 SharePoint Online
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server comes with a watered-down implementation of SharePoint called Companyweb (or WSS). Whether you are migrating from a full-blown SharePoint environment...
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Migrating File Shares from SBS to Office 365 SharePoint Online
When it comes to file shares, you have a choice to make. Whether you are coming from Windows Small Business Server, or one of the other releases (Essentials, Standard, Datacenter, etc.), you must...
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Active Directory Migration from SBS 2008 or 2011 to Windows Server 2016
There are three basic options for migrating Active Directory from Small Business Server–(1) you can move into Windows Server Essentials or (2) Windows Server Standard. Furthermore, (3) you can move to...
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Migrating DHCP from SBS to Windows Server 2016
If you have a small network without much complexity (e.g. single subnet, a firewall, a few devices), you might consider having DHCP handled by the firewall rather than your new Windows Server–in that...
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Migrating File Shares from SBS to Windows Server 2016 Essentials Experience
To copy files from a legacy file server to a new file server, whether 2012 R2 or 2016, the process would be the same. Note: Some files shares might be better off in SharePoint, and users’ personal...
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Migrate Printer Shares from SBS to Windows Server 2016
If you have printer shares on the source server, you will want to export them, then import and publish them on the new server. Whether you are coming from Windows SBS 2008, 2011 or Windows Server 2008...
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Migrating SBS Remote Web Access to Essentials Anywhere Access
In Windows Small Business Server environments, one of the more popular features to implement was the Remote Web Workplace (or Remote Web Access in 2011). The idea was to grant secure, web-based remote...
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Remove SBS 2008 or SBS 2011 Source Server from the domain
Sorry Old Yeller–I know you were a faithful companion for many years–but it’s time to put you down, buddy. I usually wait until the end of the migration project for this. There is no harm leaving the...
View ArticleSummary post: How to migrate from SBS to Office 365 & Server 2016
I had a series of posts on the topic of migrating from SBS to Office 365 and Windows Server a while back, and I’ve been getting a number of requests for a “summary” post with links to all the articles....
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Migration paths to Microsoft 365: Devices before data??
I have literally written the book on this topic, but one question I did not directly address is the order in which you might migrate the various workloads from traditional infrastructure to Microsoft...
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