> We have a system that has about 50 PCs and 50 Sun boxes. We > currently use Post.Office as out email server. We have Win2k > Active Directory as our PC OS. The PC users use Lookout 2000.
Lookout is an actual mail related application. Are your users using it, or is that an attempt at humor? > I would like to convert to Exchange 2000 for shared calendar > and shared contacts *first*. Why? >I would like to co-exist with > Post.Office for email for a while (couple of months). IBID > Eventually, I would like to convert to Exchange for our email > as well. I would like to retain our current email addresses > throughout this whole process. > > That's the setup. Here's the questions: > > 1. During the co-existing period, do I need to convert PSTs > to shared stores? Shared stores = Storing the users mailbox data in the Exchange database? Yes, unless you want to use a 3rd party application to share contact/ calendar data... In which case you don't really need Exchange. > 2. What does Exchange use as a co-existence gateway for > Post.Office (I can't find any info on that). SMTP I'd imagine. But with 50 users, my migration plan would involve a coexistence period of 1/18th of a second. > 3. Will the co-existence require me to have separate email > addresses - 1 for Exchange and 1 for Post.Office? If so, how > difficult is it going to be to switch the Exchange addresses > to the old Post.Office addresses when the time comes to drop > Post.Office? Using your plan? Yes, it would if we're talking about SMTP addresses (there's more than 1 type of e-mail address). It'll also open a number of interesting issues around where mail should be delivered since Exchange is a messaging server which provides some groupware functionality. > I hope these questions aren't too vague. I tried to look up > these answers and just can't seem to find any scenarios for > such a small migration. IMHO, it's best to get the Exchange server up and running, test it and then migrate everyone at once. Coexistence in such a small environment is way more hassle than its worth.... Especially when no one actually migrates to Exchange until stage 2. _________________________________________________________________ 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]
