Microsoft server 2003 tips

All come with 30 day free trials. Use those 30 days to work on compatibility with all the apps, and make sure that when it's in your test environment that everything is stable and meets your needs," said Peter Tsai, content marketing manager with Spiceworks, makers of IT management software.

Migrate: This is where you build a migration plan, either to do on your own or with a partner. AppZero is probably the best-known of the Server migration consultancies and has a working agreement with Microsoft. Microsoft offers a Migration Planning Assistant which covers all four steps and has official training courses to help you with the migration. Microsoft Virtual Academy: A massive collection of free study resources from Microsoft MVPs and other experts, including videos, slide decks and self-assessments.

There are whole sections on migrating to Windows Server and Azure. Windows Server Roles Migration Process : This is a very large printable poster that you can stick on a wall and use it to visualize and track the whole process.

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit: This is a collection of processes and practices, assistance tools and guidance for automating new desktop and server deployments.

Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out. Sign In Register. Sign Out Sign In Register. Latest Insider. Check out the latest Insider stories here. It certainly lets you take advantage of ConfigMgr distribution points, whereas approach a above means all deployments will hit the same file share unless you code something more sophisticated to multiplex across multiple file shares. Thanks for that. I didn't have any first-hand experience with R2, so the first thing I did was copy CD1 and CD2 to the same location and then wonder why I didn't have an R2 installation source.

Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? SQL Server. Sign in. United States English. Regedit, File menu , Export. I advice this step in case anything goes wrong and you want to revert to how it was. This tip only works on short cuts, and not the underlying executable. Firstly, create a short cut to one of your key programs, for example Active Directory Users and Computers. What it does is save you having to log off and then logon again as the administrator.

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