Migrating to Windows 2003 Server

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I also wanted to clarify that he is buying new hardware(servers) to replace
the old servers.

"Joe R." wrote:

> I have a client that is currently running 3 servers with Windows 2000 Server.
> He has a total of 3 locations with a server at each location. All locations
> are connected via fibre. All three servers are part of the same domain and
> they are all domain controllers(Contain Active Directory).
>
> This client wants to migrate all 3 servers to Win2k3. He would prefer to
> have the same server names and the same addresses of each server. He also
> wants to know if there is a process or tool that will transfer all
> usernames/passwords as well as all shares, security and data. So, basically,
> if there was a Win2k server called server1 with an address of 1.1.1.1 with
> shares on it, he would want to install the new Win2k3 server, name it server1
> with an address of 1.1.1.1 and have all the shares, data, and active
> directory moved over. Is this possible?