Mike:
Depending on how paranoid your security team is, moving to AD
can be very intense. As other people here have said, read the
whitepapers, hire a good consultant or two to help you through this.
Build an isolated test bed to test theories on, cause once it goes
production, there's no way you can start over.
READ anything and everything you can get your hands on to help
you understand AD and Exchange 2K.
Yes there are tools to help you through the migration from NT
4.0 to AD, from Novell to AD don't know.
I have a hair under 4000 users and we are looking at another 4
months to a project that started in CY 2000.
Look at the move to AD as a "rebuilding your network in place"
evolution. You start with all the basic services, DNS, PDC/BDC's and
move up from there.
John Matteson
Geac Corporate ISS
(404) 239 - 2981
Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Posted At: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:18 PM
Posted To: Exchange Discussion List
Conversation: Migration of Exchange 2003
Subject: Migration of Exchange 2003
Good afternoon,
We are in the midst of budgeting for the year 2004. Active Directory is
a Security Team directive and if they get their piece done, we will be
able to migrate to Exchange 2003.
Currently we are using Outlook 98 and Exchange 5.5.
We have 4500 mailboxes and will probably grow to 5000 by mid-2004 when
we are looking at to convert.
How intense is Active Directory from the Security Team's view-point? We
are using Novell and NT 4.0. There are approximately 12000 accounts to
be converted to AD.
Once their piece is in place and our upgrade and migration from Exchange
5.5 to Exchange 2003 starts, how long will it take us to convert these
5000 users. Are their tools out there to help with the migration? Are
there things that a eMAIL Administrator has to do for AD? To we have to
touch each mailbox and replace distribution lists?
I know these plans are a long way down the road, but I want to be
positioned to get there with great success. I would really appreciate
hearing your struggles from exchange (any flavor) to active directory.
Thanks for your time and efforts.
Mike Mitchell
Systems email Administrator
Alverno Information Services
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