You can grow your E2K separately from Exchange 5.5 org (just like you can create multiple independent Exchange 5.5 orgs in the same Windows NT domain)
But you can only have one E2K org in the entire forest. Why are you trying to avoid the mixed-mode transition period? If you run in mixed more with ADC for a while you can easily populate your AD (or synchronize your already populated AD with the existing mailboxes in 5.5). Then you can easily move everyone's mailboxes over to E2K server and then you can finally cut off 5.5 and go topless err... I mean native :) -----Original Message----- From: John Matteson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 3:06 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Installing Exchange 2K into a forest where an Exchange 5.5 Org re sides. A question to all of you who have already installed Exchange 2K. I currently have an NT 4.0 domain structure that is going to be converted to AD within the month. The company has an extensive Exchange 5.5 organization already in place to service users. We are moving to Exchange 2K with the following goals: 1. Consolidate servers as much as possible, i.e. shrinking the current 50+ servers down to 15 servers overall. 2. Replace mail server hardware where needed. What I would like to know is this: 1. Do I HAVE to perform upgrades? I don't want to have to wait for a year before going to native mode in Exchange. 2. Can I install Exchange 2K without connecting it to the current Exchange 5.5 environment (keeping the E2K box in Native Mode), then performing a "Move Mailbox migration" to populate AD? >From what I've read in books, the class I've attended and gleaned from the KB, I'd have to throw my hands up and say "I don't know". Anyone have a better answer? John Matteson; Exchange Manager Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards (404) 239 - 2981 Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth. --Bruce Lee _________________________________________________________________ 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]
