I need to upgrade a small business (40 employees) from their existing (single server) NT 4 SP6a Exchange 5.0 SP2 environment to Windows 2000 with Exchange 2000.
I don't want to lose any messages, recipients, e-mail addresses, public folders, etc. Their current PDC/Exchange 5.0 box is a really nice machine, and they want to use it as their sole server (I know, I am trying to convince them to install a permanent second server.) My thought is to install a second server as a NT4 BDC and install Exchange 5.5 as a second server in the site. Then I would use Ed's move server method to move all the data to the "new" server. I would then promote this machine to PDC. After the data has been moved, I figure I can upgrade (to windows 2000 server) the existing PDC and install exchange 2000 in the same site as the exchange 5.5 machine. once this is done I figure I can move everything to the exchange 2000 machine and drop the 5.5 machine from the site (once all the data has replicated/moved) Does this sound feasible? Will it work? Is there a better way? Am I on crack? Thanks in advanced. _________________________________________________________________ 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]
