Monday, October 18, 2004

Upgrading SBS from Eval to Licensed?

Did you install an Evaluation Copy of SBS 2003 and now want to upgrade it to a full retail version? It's actually a pretty easy process as I just did it again because I was waiting on an Open Value order to come in with a license key for a customer. According to Ray Fong of SBS PSS Support (as quoted from the SBS newgroup) this is what you do:

> Put in CD1, when the autorun kicks in, run the SBS setup. It will perform
> an inplace upgrade to upgrade to full SBS. All the AD, Exchanges, and users
> settings will still be there after the upgrade. Make sure you have good
> backup before the upgrade, and OEM CD can't be used for upgrade. As far as
> the CAL, the installation already come with the 5 CAL and there is no need
> to add that 5 CAL.
>
> Ray Fong
> Microsoft SBS Product Support