Yes, what we've actually decided to do is move the databases on the W2003/sql2008 server to an existing w2016/sql2016 server. Eventually (12 to 18 months) we will be moving to...

Wow, that's perfect. Thanks so much for taking the time do document this process, this will definitely help

Thanks, that's what I ended up doing this weekend - it was less intimidating than I had prepped myself for .

Thanks for all the input, it's very much appreciated!!

Thanks, I did see them but they require powershell 3.0 which isn't available on Windows Server 2003, I'm guessing I can run them from the 2019 server and connect to the...

We already have sql server 2016 up and running for our document management and accounting software. The immediate risk to us is the server running windows server 2003 on older...