Is there documentation on upgrading Server Standard 2003 to Server Standard 2008? A checklist? Are there special steps to upgrade the active

Hi

 First of all 2003 Servers should be patched to at least SP1

Also you can follow these article for migrate from 2003 to 2008 and transfering fsmo roles

http://blog.zwiegnet.com/windows-server/migrate-server-2003-to-2008r2-active-directory-and-fsmo-roles/