David-
I've answered your questions inline below.
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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
"Dave Leonardi" <Cyberaccount72@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Greetings Everyone,
I had a question regarding the setup/design of an additional Exchange
Server, which will be an Exchange 2003 Server. Currently we have one
Windows 2003/2000 Domain with one Exchange 2000 Server SP3 on an Advanced
Server 2000 Box SP2. We have approx 200 mail enabled users that are
receiving all email from our exchange 2000 Server and have two W3K Domain
Controllers that are acting as Global Catalog Servers.
We are introducing a brand new DELL W3K Server Standard with Exchange
2003 Enterprise Ed.(Which will be installed by our Department) into our
AD and will become our primary email server.
I'm not doing an direct upgrade on the existing box so I am somewhat
confused on how both exchange servers will coexist for this process.
My questions is how to go about the following:
1. When I install Exchange 2003 server onto the new box and into the
organization, Do I join and existing organization or create a new one?
Our goal is to retain as much as possible to make the migration/upgrade
very transparent to anyone and to eventually decommission the old
Exchange 2000 Box.
You can only have one exchange org per forest, you won't even be asked
this question.
2. How to transfer all mailboxes,data, users and relevant information to
the new server.
Use the move mailbox wizard in ADUC to move mailboxes, and then replicate
the public folder hierarchy in ESM using the Send Hierarchy right click
option on your existing store.
3. I know I would have to do a Forestprep and Domainprep for the W3K
Server, but how would I deal with administrative groups?
Not sure what you mean here. Administrative groups have nothing to do with
this.
Ultimately, the first Exchange 2000 Server will be taken offline after
the new one is fully functional and ready to assume the role.
Your help is sincerely appreciated and thank you for your time.
David Leonardi
Additional Information
One Domain
One Forest
AD is running in Native Mode
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