Demoting SBS 2008 to be a member server

Question

I have migrated a domain from SBS 2008 to Server 2012 R2, transferring FSMO roles, DHCP, DNS etc. The 2012 server is now a domain controller.

Exchange has already been decommissioned with mail migrated to Office 365.

Is it possible to demote the SBS 2008 server, but keep it on the domain as a file server?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '15 at 23:01

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The Microsoft license for SBS does not allow that. You need to reinstall the machine with a regular Windows Server license.

answered Sep 07 '15 at 23:01

Tilman Schmidt

Thanks for your reply. How long will the SBS server remain active if I don't demote it? – Ash Sep 07 '15 at 23:09
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21 days. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd469604%28WS.10%29.aspx – Katherine Villyard Sep 08 '15 at 01:34
It appears to be 30 days grace for SBS 2008 after migrating FSMO roles to another server. – Ash Sep 08 '15 at 03:19

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