Thank you all for your most helpful responses! You guys are fantastic. Specifically: Jose Medeiros, Ken Jensen, and Ken Cornentet.
Due to time constraints, I think I am going to go with the swing method, so here is my proposed plan of attack: Temp Server/ Server B: 1) Install Windows Server 2003 Standard 2) dcpromo as DC for existing domain 3) Make server as GC 4) Install Exchange Server 2003 Standard - use the same exact same naming convention as production (Server A) server? 5) Migrate mailboxes from production server (Server A) to Server B -- would I simply use the move mailbox function in ESM? 6) Move FSMO Roles from Server A to Server B 7) Verify DNS and WINS Configuration Production Server/Server A: 1) dcpromo original server down -- Ken Cornetet can you please elaborate on this one? 2) Wipe OS clean from Server A, and clean install Windows Server 2003 -- is this safe to do now Ken? 3) dcpromo as DC for existing domain 4) Make server as GC 5) Install Exchange Server 2003 Standard - use the same exact same naming convention as the original production server? 6) Migrate mailboxes from temp server (Server B) to Server A -- would I simply use the move mailbox function in ESM again? 7) Move FSM Roles from Server B to Server A 8) Verify DNS and WINS Configuration 9) Install SP1 for Exchange 10) Install SP1 for Windows 11) Install AV Software and other misc. software 12) Decide what I want to do with Server B. 13) Now everything should work if Server B was powered down for example -- correct? Does this make sense? Hopefully you can move Exchange mailboxes from Enterprise to Standard through the ESM. Thank you! ...D List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
