Windows SBS2003

[nangtom]

I would like to know if it's alright to apply R2 disk after the SBS is installed or should this be done right after the initial install. Thanks in advance.

[Lisa]

Are you saying that you have an active SBS 2003 configured and you want to know if you can upgrade to R2?

[nangtom]

Yes, that's correct. I just forgot to run the R2 Disk. Just want to make sure that it won't cause any problem before I load the R2 disk since the SBS is running now.

[Lisa]

It looks like it is fine as long as you have 2003 with SP1.

See if this helps:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx

[nangtom]

Lisa,
Thanks for your advice. Another question, let say if I reload SBS2003 from scratch and do all users be able to join the domain without any issues. What I'm saying is will they be "Just to Login" as usual after joining the Domain with the same servers and user names. I'm still going through the SBS2003 TrainSignal video for more advices.

[DShack]

If you rebuild your SBS server, you will have to have each client leave the domain and then rejoin it. You will also have to recreate the user accounts, if you have any.

This is because the server creates a domain SecurityID (SID), and user SID and a workstation SID, and all are used to make it easier for the systems to communicate securely. When you rebuild the server, you generate a new domain SID and you purge the AD of all references to User and Workstation SIDs. So you really have to start from scratch if you do that because you have essentially created a new domain.

Dave Shackelford