I don't think there is any easy way around taking yourself out of one Organization and putting yourself into another. It's going to be a pain in the you know what. Just make sure you have a-lot of coffee and come good reading material on hand.
I did about 1200 mailboxes doing this method. It's not fun. But if you're company was anything like the one I use to work for. They gave me a nice bonus after I was done. Paid for my whole summer vacation to Orlando. __________________ John Bowles Exchange Engineer OIG/HHS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Faust Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 2:36 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: 5.5/2K Migration to new Org >With 1500 mailboxes this could get tedious at best. So much for the >move mailbox method. My hope was to use the move mailbox method but I guess that is out the window. If anyone else has any other suggestions I would be most grateful. Thanks Again John Sean, > > I had to perform the same thing at my last job I was at. > > Basically what I did was exmerge everyone's mailboxes out to a share > that both networks could see. =20 > > I then installed the new server within it's own site and then exmerged > all the mailboxes back into that site. Make sure though that DN's > match the mailboxes that you exmerged to the mailboxes you created > within your new site. > > This might not be the best way to do it. But that's how I got it done. > And it worked fine.=20 > > > __________________ > John Bowles > Exchange Engineer > OIG/HHS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed > Crowley [MVP] > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:54 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: 5.5/2K Migration to new Org > > That information is lacking because the feature is not available as > far as I know. You're going to want to start looking at Exmerge or a > third-party product. > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sean Faust > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 6:03 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: 5.5/2K Migration to new Org > > Good Morning All, > =20 > We will be migrating from 5.5 to 2000 next month which is pretty > straightforward. The caveat with our company since we have a parent > company is becoming a site in their organization during the upgrade > process. Having a tough time finding info on becoming a site in a > different organization during the build out of the first Exchange2K > server and being able to still use the move mailbox method to migrating. > =20 > thanks in advance > Sean Faust > InterCall=20 > Cell 706-773-1437=20 > Office 706-643-6420=20 > > =20 > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=3Dexchange&text_mo > de=3D= > & > lang > =3Denglish > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=3Dexchange&text_mo > de=3D= > & > lang=3Denglish > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
