Thanks again Steve. all the links and advices will help me to collect information and prepare the plan.

Sherry

Joe,

Thanks for the suggestions.

I agree with you and plan to try with the plan:

1. install SS2K5 on a new box

2. transfer logins from SS2k to SS2k5

3. run UA against...

Joe,

We are migrating (i.e. side-by-side upgrade to a new SQL server box) the databases.

Sherry

Hi Steve,

Thanks again for all the information and your time. I am sure it's helpful with our plan.

Sherry

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the advice. we are using and will keep Mixed authentication mode for the instance. however the web machine will be moved to another network without DNS etc.,...

actually I was going to start a new thread althoug it's same topic but with different questions. However I couldn't find where or how.

My questions are (maybe sound stupid