I am able to create an inter-organizational ADC. Looking at the 
documentation, this may have been a mistake, as there is no way to undo 
this. But at this time, I can view the exchange attributes in �Active 
Directory Users and Computers�.

If I try to upgrade the 5.5 site, I receive this message.
�The component "Microsoft Exchange Messaging and Collaboration Services" 
cannot be assigned the action "Upgrade" because:
-You must use the same edition of Microsoft Exchange Setup (Enterprise or 
Server) as the existing Location.
-Setup has detected that the Exchange 5.5 Site that your server belongs to 
has not replicated to the Active Directory yet. You can either wait for 
replication to complete and try the upgrade again or upgrade a server from a 
site that has already been replicated to the AD.�
Probably because of the first Install of Exchange 2000 with the different 
name.

What are my options at this point?
1.      Rebuild Active Directory? I have a Windows NT 4.0 machine running as a 
BDC. I could take my Win2000 machines offline, promote the BDC and upgrade 
to 2000. Building a new schema.
2.      Install a child domain and install Exchange to that and migrate users?
3.      Build a new forest completely and migrate users.
4.      Edit AD by a export and Import?
5.      Install Exchange 2000 into the site created by the Developer (GRRR) and 
reattach users to the mailboxes?


Please feel free to shootdown any of these halfbaked ideas, or suggest a 
better course of action. I have to get IM up for the enterprise as soon as 
possible! (Says the COO)

Thanks for your help!
Steve




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