How to migrate from Windows Hosting to Linux Hosting.

Please use this article to learn how to migrate from Windows Hosting to Linux Hosting for better PHP driven website performance.

If you want to migrate all to one of the Linux plans:

1. Choose and Purchase your new Linux Hosting Plan
2. Migrate websites files by FTP, database and create emails. *
3. Update DNS with your Domain name Registrar to point to new name servers
4. Test your website for full operation
5. Put in request to close old account

If you want to migrate websites to Linux plans but keep mail on SmarterMail:

1. Choose and Purchase your new Linux Hosting Plan
2. Migrate websites files by FTP, database and create emails
3. Update DNS in the Windows control panel and point WWW and @ to Linux
   server IP for your domains.
4. Put in request to convert Windows plan to Shared Services Plan. *
5. Update Linux Mail Routing feature in the Control Panel to use "Remote Mail Exchanger".
6. Use new Shared Service for DNS and email management and Linux for
   website management.
7. OPTIONAL: We recommend that you migrate DNS to the new plan as it will be required at some point.

* We will delete your old Windows websites and databases so please be sure the
new websites are ready before requesting closure or requesting switch to Shared Services.