Before I upgrade to SP3 for Exchange 2010...

Hi All!
My company’s Exchange environment consists of the following:
AD Domain forest with one PDC in the main office, and 4 additional domain controllers at 4 remote offices
The forest and domain functional level is 2003
The PDC at the main office is running Server 2012 R2.
The domain controllers at the remote offices are running Server 2003 SP2 (upgrade to 2012 R2 is in the works)
Our Exchange server is in the main office. It is a simple Mailbox, Client, Hub, UM setup.
The Exchange version is 14.00.0722.000
Questions:
Version 14.00.0722.000 would be Exchange RTM, and as a result hasn’t been SP’d or RU’d since it was installed on our email server correct?
I would like to upgrade this Exchange server to the latest SP and RU. I understand that the updates are cumulative and that I should be able to install SP3 and RU8 without having
to install all of the previous versions. Is this a safe assumption?
What steps should I take before/after installing the SP and RU to ensure a "pleasant" and smooth experience for myself, my boss and my users?
Any and all comments are appreciated, thank you!

Hi ,
Please check this link.
http://pipe2text.com/?page_id=1761
Throughout up gradation process , you have to play with the below mentioned commands.
StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1
StopDagServerMaintenance.ps1
RedistributeActiveDatabases.ps1
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Converting a VBScript for Exchange 2003 to Function the same for Exchange 2010
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VBScript is what I prefer. All scripts must have a kill switch to manage them from a primary location. Mine, is an updater method.
VBScript is what I prefer. All scripts must have a kill switch to manage them from a primary location. Mine, is an updater method.

Okay, then what about an alternative for getting the same result. The file associated in the article is too much. All we need is something simple for a single exchange server with 180 users. We only need to pull UserName and DataSize(KB).
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