No, the idea is that the local tech will be 1. installing office 2k7 so its standardized across the board as currently some users are using OL2k3, some 2k7 and some, gasp, Outlook Express. 2. joining machines to the domain (so it can be centrally managed)
There¹s currently a 2mb link to the hub & OL will be configured for RPC/https using Cached Mode. thanks On 6/29/10 9:04 PM, "Richard Stovall" <[email protected]> wrote: > So this is actually interesting information vis-a-vis the original question. > The users will have accounts in a Windows AD domain you manage, but the > machines they use are external and will not be domain members? Am I > interpreting your latest post correctly? How will the users' accounts be > setup in their Outlook 2007 profiles? RPC over HTTPS (Outlook Anywhere)? > POP3? IMAP? MAPI over VPN (ugh)? > > What type of Exchange environment do you have? SBS or stand alone Exchange? > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:12 PM, De Williman, Shih <[email protected]> wrote: >> Many thanks for all the input. Yes, the local admin will have to do some >> sneakernet as these machines are not domain-bound, ergo no proper migration. >> >> >> From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:19 AM >> >> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Migration : pop3 to Exchange >> >> >> On the off chance that the OP is moving the customer to SBS 2003, there is a >> POP3 connector baked in to that product. For a 20 user setup I'd probably do >> it the way Steve suggested even if a POP3 connector was available for free. >> He almost certainly has to touch each client machine anyway to move messages >> and contacts from Outlook Express or whatever client they're using now. >> >> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:41 AM, Steve Szabo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I had not heard of POPbeamer before, but $199 for a few days use vs. about 30 >> minutes hands on getting to know the users and a chance t inspect their >> machines for possible problems with a quick follow-up a week later? I¹d >> choose the latter. >> >> >> \\Steve// >> >> >> From: HELP_PC [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:04 AM >> >> >> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> Subject: R: Migration : pop3 to Exchange >> >> >> Why not popbeamer for Exchange ? >> >> >> GuidoElia >> HELPPC >> >> >> >> >> >> Da: Steve Szabo [mailto:[email protected]] >> Inviato: domenica 27 giugno 2010 5.20 >> A: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> Oggetto: RE: Migration : pop3 to Exchange >> The way I would do it would be to get everyone on 2007 first, with the >> current POP settings, adding Exchange to the profile. Use cached mode and >> drop the POP mail into the OST file. Make Exchange the default account. You >> do not mention if they will be taking on your own domain name for mail, or if >> they will be retaining their own. In either case, you should give them both >> addresses, making the appropriate address the primary. >> >> Make your necessary DNS changes. >> >> Wait about a week, ensuring everything is running as it should be. At that >> time, you should be able to remove the POP account from their profiles, and >> have all the mail flowing through your Exchange server. >> >> It is a bit of work, but it will ensure that they do not miss a single joke >> e-mail coming into their addresses. >> >> >> \\Steve// >> >> >> From: De Williman, Shih [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:26 PM >> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> Subject: Migration : pop3 to Exchange >> >> Hi , >> We are in the process of bringing on a small company to our exchange 2003 >> network. 20 users currently using pop3 to download mail from their current >> internet provider to various mail clients (OE/Office2k3/Office2k7) >> >> I don¹t believe there¹s any concenrs re: public folders or shared calendaring >> as such with pop3, but I want to make sure that its not just lowering MX TTL >> on the provider side, redirecting their mx records to ours (Postini) & >> completing the set up of OL2k7 clients to look to Exhcnage/convert-mounting >> their dbx-pst files to their OL clients. >> >> Slapstick recommends pop3-exchange connectors but I think that¹s only if we >> intend on keeping the ISP mail & not performing a clean cutover. >> >> Any gotchas I have to worry about? Thanks in advance, >> >> >>
