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Windows Small Business Server 2003
Deployment
Requirement Messages During Setup
You can install Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 only on a computer that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003 with Service Pack 1
You must install Windows SBS 2003 Service Pack 1
You must install Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2003
You must install Service Pack 2 for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 before running Setup
The computer must be running Internet Information Services 5.0 or later
You must install and enable Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0
You cannot install the evaluation version of the Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Technologies on this computer
You must have the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Administration and Monitoring components installed.
There is a problem with the location where Setup is attempting to install Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Update Services
An instance of Microsoft Management Console is running
The Windows Components Wizard is running
Windows Server Update Services 2.0 Release Candidate is installed
Windows Server Update Services 3.0 is installed
More Information
You must install Exchange 2000 Service Pack 3 before upgrading
You must install Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 Service Pack 1 and update before upgrading
You must install Small Business Server 2000 Service Pack 1 before upgrading
You must install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 before upgrading
You must install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 before upgrading
Internet Connection Sharing is not included with Windows Small Business Server
Only one Small Business Server can be in the domain
Remove the following Exchange components before upgrading
Remove the following Windows components before upgrading
The DNS domain name cannot contain DBCS (Double-Byte Character Set) or extended characters
Language mismatch
The file system for the operating system must be formatted as NTFS
The NetBIOS domain name contains nonstandard characters
The Windows Server 2003 POP3 service is installed on this computer
This computer is configured as a domain member server
This computer is running an unsupported version of Exchange server
This computer is running an unsupported version of Proxy Server
This computer is running an unsupported version of Small Business Server
This computer is running an unsupported version of SQL Server
This computer is running Terminal Server
This computer is running Windows NT Server 4.0
This server has a trust relationship
Unable to contact all domain controllers
Windows NT 4.0 backup domain controller prevents the domain from installing in native mode
Windows Small Business Server 2003 cannot be installed on a domain controller that is not assigned the operations master roles
You must be a member of the Domain Admins, Schema Admins, and Enterprise Admins groups
You must be logged on using the built-in Administrator account
You must close the Windows Components page
You must reset your client access licenses to 5
Memory requirement
Shared Modem Service is not supported in Windows Small Business Server 2003 and will be removed
The computer name contains nonstandard characters
The Directory Services Restore Mode password will be synchronized with the built-in Administrator account password
The existing Small Business Server must be removed from the network after completing the migration
The Microsoft Connector for POP3 Mailboxes no longer supports Authenticated POP or CRAM-MD5 encryption
This computer has more than two processors
This computer is running a Windows service pack
You must purchase client access licenses
You should back up your server before upgrading
Your computer will be converted to Windows Small Business Server licensing mode
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An instance of Microsoft Management Console is running

Setup has detected that an instance of Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is running. Setup cannot continue while an instance of MMC is running.

To continue, close all instances of MMC, such as the Server Management console, and then click Check Again.

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