I ahve a failing SBS 2000 and another windows 2003 domain conmtroller in my
environment. I need to take some desperate measures to get this thing back
on it's feet again and in the meantime I have to come up with a plan to get
my users back up and running properly...

Do you know if I can technically install the Exchange 2000 version that
comes on the SBS 2000 cd's onto a standard windows 2000 server?? If so, I
could set up another server with win2K standard and get excahgne running on
it - then in the meantime rebuild my SBS or upgrade it. I realize this is
likely an SBS licensing violation, but at this point I don't care about that
as it will be a temporary scenario.



The other thing I could try is to see if I can locate a 6 month trial of
exchange 2003 somewhere because if I could - I would move us over to that
now (instead of staying on Excchange 2000) and then later on move over to
sbs 2008. I know MS has pulled the trial download from their sites
though... Do you know where I might be still be able to download
it at all? I am planning to be on SBS 2008 within 6 mionths - as soon as I
get some funds released cuz right now I don;t have any money to work with
and we need a new server to run sbs 2008 on as well as the software...

Thanks, Brad

No. The exchange installs on SBS are intricately tied to SBS. IT isn't
just a "licensing" issue, but the setups themselves are SBS aware as are the
many customizations they make. You *might* (and even this I doubt) be able
to eventually hack it enough to get it to install, but by doing so, you'd
completely slaughter your AD, put Exchange in a completely unsupportable
state, and make that migration to 2008 in a few months even more difficult.

In short? Don't even think it. It is best to find a way to get SBS 2008.
Whether by pushing back on ownership, or if you are the owner, finding the
funds somehow some way. In this, there are no shortcuts.

-Cliff


"Brad Pears" <bradp@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:e9Yx#VLtKHA.5496@newsgroup

> I ahve a failing SBS 2000 and another windows 2003 domain conmtroller in
> my environment. I need to take some desperate measures to get this thing
> back on it's feet again and in the meantime I have to come up with a plan
> to get my users back up and running properly...
>
> Do you know if I can technically install the Exchange 2000 version that
> comes on the SBS 2000 cd's onto a standard windows 2000 server?? If so, I
> could set up another server with win2K standard and get excahgne running
> on it - then in the meantime rebuild my SBS or upgrade it. I realize this
> is likely an SBS licensing violation, but at this point I don't care about
> that as it will be a temporary scenario.
>
> The other thing I could try is to see if I can locate a 6 month trial of
> exchange 2003 somewhere because if I could - I would move us over to that
> now (instead of staying on Excchange 2000) and then later on move over to
> sbs 2008. I know MS has pulled the trial download from their sites
> though... Do you know where I might be still be able to download
> it at all? I am planning to be on SBS 2008 within 6 mionths - as soon as
> I get some funds released cuz right now I don;t have any money to work
> with and we need a new server to run sbs 2008 on as well as the
> software...
>
> Thanks, Brad
>