Moving stuff from old server to upgraded server?

[grittyminder]

I don't know if this is the appropriate forum for this but here it goes:

I'm more of a programmer kind of guy, but somehow I've been slated with the task of moving stuff (documents, services, apps) from an old server to an upgraded server. Is there some useful documentation somewhere on the web stating the rules of thumb for doing this sort of thing? Do I have to re-install each and every application or is there some sort of tool that I can use to replicate the stuff on one box to another? I'm going to have to install IIS--is there a tool out that that allows you to replicate IIS settings? How data in SQL server? Any other tips?

 

[Smorgan11]

progarms will have to be installed again. Backup all your SQL databases then re-install SQL and Restore them

Copy data over but remeber to know what security settings are on the old system