TechNet has several articles on completely removing Exchange and cleaning up AD.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 2:27 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: New Exchange 2000 Install replacing "live test" server > > no...originally there was no plan to move to exchange so a few departments > were using it for just the calendar part, etc. now they want it deployed > on > our whole campus and the "test" server is a workstation so i want its > existance gone so i can start from scratch with our new server and new org > name etc. > > Bob C. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Scharff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 2:29 PM > Subject: RE: New Exchange 2000 Install replacing "live test" server > > > > Your 'test' E2K server was installed into your production AD? Oh boy. > Were > > you planning on hooking up this Exchange server to an existing 5.5 org? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:08 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: New Exchange 2000 Install replacing "live test" server > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > i've had a test exchange 2000 server running live in my network for 6 > > > months now. it was set up for 7 people to play with and evaluate and > is > > > just running on a PIII workstation. everything has worked out great > and > > > we are now putting in a full-flege install of exchange 2000. > > > > > > i need to remove the test exchange from our network and active > directory > > > and this is where my question comes in. after i get done uninstalling > our > > > current test exchange server, do i need to run /forestprep and > /domainprep > > > before i install the new exchange server? i dont believe i have to > > > becasue the schema and AD is prepared from the 12st instance of > exchange. > > > do i just need to run SETUP.EXE for the new server? just wanted to > throw > > > that at you before i do it. the new install is going to have totally > new > > > server name and new users. > > > > > > thanks for your insights! > > > > > > Bob Chyka > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > 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] > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]

