SharePoint is very nice for certain applications, like document management, which has never been a good application for public folders. There's no one-size-fits-all replacement for public folders, I'm afraid to have to tell you, and public folders might well remain a good choice for things like threaded conversations.
Ed Crowley MCITP MCSE+I MCSE+M MCTS MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Albert Duro Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:29 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: LCR vs Replication Looks like MS is answering those pleas -- they're endeavoring to make PFs totally and literally transparent : ) Are there any indications that MS is making an effort to effectively translate the existing PF base to another platform? The SharePoint solution leaves a lot to be desired, from what I've heard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:32 AM Subject: RE: LCR vs Replication > I'm sympathetic to your plight. PF replication has always been a black > box > for which many of us have pleaded for more transparency. > > 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 Albert > Duro > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:46 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: LCR vs Replication > > I don't remember, frankly, it was quite a while ago. But I did the > migration by the book and it was successful and smooth. There were no > problems at all until I tried to LCR the PF database and couldn't because > there were some folders that were still set to replicate with the old 03 > servers -- I must have missed them. > When I tried to correct that, something broke, and some folders' content > vanished. I'm trying to figure out why that breaking occurred -- I'm > reasonably sure I didn't do anything to cause those deletions. These were > operations that I had done hundreds of times before with never a hickup. > Even on the exact same pair of servers. So what was different this time? > The only thing I can think of is that maybe during the weeks that the 03 > server was turned off but not removed from AD, the 07 server kept trying > to > unsuccessfully replicate those few folders, and that put a strain on the > replication process. > > Anyway the damage has been repaired by restoring from backup, and the PF > situation is very nearly stabilized by now. I'd just like to figure out > what happened and how to prevent it -- I'm allergic to heart attacks ;o) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil Hobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:47 AM > Subject: RE: LCR vs Replication > > >> It sounds a sensible approach to me; it's what I did on one of my recent >> projects, i.e. leave the old server for a week before decommission. >> >> Can you describe how you migrated the public folders to E2K7? Did you >> use >> the Move All Replicas option, for example? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> Albert >> Duro >> Sent: 13 May 2008 16:09 >> To: Exchange Discussions >> Subject: Re: LCR vs Replication >> >> Thank you, and I've been working on that, believe me. >> Do you have any thoughts on the wisdom of not killing off the old server >> after everything was transferred to the new one? I thought I was being >> cautious, but it seems to have been a mistake. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ed Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:05 PM >> Subject: RE: LCR vs Replication >> >> >>> You first want to figure out why the clients can't use the public >>> folders >>> on >>> the Exchange 2007 server. That's your problem and why you can't remove >>> the >>> replicas from the Exchange 2003 server. I can't tell you why you're >>> having >>> that problem, but that's where you're going to have to start. >>> >>> 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 >>> Albert >>> Duro >>> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:49 AM >>> To: Exchange Discussions >>> Subject: LCR vs Replication >>> >>> Single Exchange 07 server on Win Server 03. >>> >>> Offline (but not uninstalled) Exchange 03 on Win Server 03. >>> >>> I've been running Local Continuous Replication on the mailbox databases >>> for >>> a while now, but when I try to LCR the Public Folder database, it fails >>> saying that it can't do that while the folders are in replication mode. >>> >>> So I take off replication, but then the folders are no longer accessible >>> from Outlook. The DB is still there, but invisible to Outlook. >>> >>> Then I have bring the old server back online and do replication with >>> both >>> servers. I'm caught in a vicious circle where I can't maximize the new >>> server and I can't get rid of the old one. >>> >>> Did I make a mistake in not removing the old Exchange 03 as soon as the >>> new >>> one was up and running? 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