Actually this could be done with little work. You will need to setup some trusts between for administrative purposes and x400 connectors for com. between the differnent orgs. Add a new email domanin to the company being purchased and add the new email addresses as needed. They is more but that should start you in the right direction. How many users that are being brought into the mother company. If in the thousands then you will want to write a script to add the new email addresses.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Alborzfard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 12:57 PM Subject: Best solution for merging EX servers?? > Scenario > ----------- > > Company X has merged with company Y. > > Company X has 2 locations: > East Coast - 1 EX 5.5 SP4 on NT 4, responsible for > X.com domain's mail > UK - NONE (Using East coast mail > server via Internet) > Company Y has 2 locations: > West Coast - 1 EX 5.5 SP4 on NT 4, responsible for > Y-west.com domain's mail > East Coast - 2 EX 5.5 SP4 on NT 4, responsible for > Y-east.com domain's mail > > Following is the connections between these sites: > > X - Y(East) : 512kbps (FR) > Y(West) - Y(East) : 256kbps (FR) > Y(East) - FR Cloud : 512kbps (FR) > > X and Y(West) have to go through Y(East) to connect to Internet. > > (There are additional/backup Internet connections as follows:) > > X - Internet(backup): 384kbps (DSL) > X(UK) - Internet: 128kbps (ISDN) > Y(East) - Internet: 768kbps (T1) > > Needs > -------- > > 1- The new company has taken the name X and wants all employees in all 3 > locations to receive email > sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". This should be done without any or minimum email > service interruption. > > 2- Provide a fault-tolerant solution, in case one of the EX servers goes > down or loses it's Internet connection. > > 3- Company wants to move EX2K at some point in the future. Should it wait to > merge first and > then migrate or migrate first and then merge? > > > > Solutions > ----------- > > 1- What type of connector and why? > 2- How should the DNS MX records be arranged? > 3- What are pluses & minuses for each merge now versus migrate now > scenarios? > > > > Let me know if you need more information. > > Thanks > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
