For 40 users, I would seriously consider using exmerge to pst for mailboxes. Use Outlook to export public folders to .pst.
As you probably know, there is no direct upgrade path from 5.0. It requires 5.5 sp3 minimum. I see you are looking at moving to 5.5 first in your path, but now your are talking about 2 mailbox moves. If you are prepared for that, your plan is feasible. Do not underestimate the Active Directory requirements and read up on the Active Directory Connector before installing Exchange2000. William -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Rutledge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:06 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Upgrading Exchange 5.0 to 2000 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. Kevin _________________________________________________________________ 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]
