I think it really depends on the organization in question. Certainly if I were Sprint or BT I wouldn't have Exchange on a DC, but for other organizations it might be appropriate. Certainly if I had my druthers, I'd not have my FSMO roles handled by the same server...
Chris -- Chris Scharff Senior Sales Engineer MessageOne If you can't measure, you can't manage! > -----Original Message----- > From: McGilligan, Sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 10:05 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: mailbox not creating > > > Chris, > > Your right. > I always thought Exchange 5.5 on a BDC wasn't an issue and > that was a personal choice. As long as your whole backup > strategy was sound. But people liked to debate on that, as > witnessed on this list about 3 years ago. But exchange 2000 > on a domain controller especially if it has the five roles of > destiny; makes life interesting and NTDSUTIL takes on a whole > new meaning. I prefer the member server approach in that instance. > > Sean mcgilligan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: December 31 2001 11:47 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: mailbox not creating > > > For the vast majority of organizations putting Exchange on a > BDC doesn't really matter 1 way or another IMHO. > > Chris > -- > Chris Scharff > Senior Sales Engineer > MessageOne > If you can't measure, you can't manage! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: McGilligan, Sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:52 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: mailbox not creating > > > > > > Rachel, > > > > From your suggestion of a BDC with all due respect; I would look at > > the structure of Windows 2000 before I rushed into the > Exchange 2000 > > world. That aside historically, there was a huge debate on > the merits > > of putting exchange on a BDC. Now with exchange 2000 the idea of it > > residing on a Domain controller is not the modern thinking > unless you > > have some rational business decision that your organization can > > justify On the question about users; if it set up correctly > you right > > click on the UserID and configure them to support mailing > > there is nothing more to it. > > > > Sean McGilligan > > -----Original Message----- > > From: RACHEL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: December 30 2001 2:13 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: mailbox not creating > > > > > > I am trying to build my first Win2k Exch2000 server. > > I have win2k set up as a backup domain controller. > > When I create a user it goes though the part where it creates > > the exchange mailbox, but when I go to Exchange system > > manager and look there are no mailboxes. When I go to > > properties for the user, it does not show the email address. > > I will continue searching the faq. If anyone knows a > > releavant article # I would appreciate it. > > > > thank you _________________________________________________________________ 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]
