Migrating a website

[Tripredacus]

I am interested in creating a website using the stock IIS that comes with 2003 Server. If I create one there, how easy would it be to migrate that website to another 2003 or 2008 server? Also are there any articles relating to website migration I can read up on?

[Mr Snrub]

If it's static content, it's as simple as copying the files and creating the new site on the W2K8 server.

If it's dynamic content using databases then you may have a bit more of an interesting time setting up the ODBC or OLEDB connections (I know it's the bit that I hate when I migrate my site to new hardware and why I put mine into a VM!).

Avoid using FQDNs or explicit paths (use virtual paths) and migration becomes trivial.