WSS 3 on SBS 2003

Question

I just recently identified that upgrading WSS 2 to WSS 3 on SBS 2003 is not supported. I need to plan the best approach to get a client using WSS 3 with the current SBS 2003 environment. It is a stand alone server where WSS 2 is installed. The company is using the site as the current intranet portal. My question is how to be able to preserve this portal in the WSS 3 instance that I install. Will it be as simple as exporting and importing the sites from WSS 2 to the new WSS 3 site? Should I consider a migration tool? The end result would be to shut down WSS 2 on the server and have the WSS 3 instance become the new portal.

Thanks,

Paul

Answer 1

On SBS 2003 you will have to do a side by side install. You can use WSS3 to support team sites, but you still need WSS2 to keep all the integrated functions from the built in company web.

You can remove WSS2 and only have WSS3 but you none of the built in integration points will work.

Technet article

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc671966(WS.10).aspx

Guide to installing WSS3.0 on SBS 2003

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13024

Moving / Copying MSDTE DB's http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925190/en-us