Good information everybody. Thanks to all! -----Original Message----- From: Paul Steele [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 11:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 tools in a Exchange 2003 environment
We just went through the same process. Although it is possible to do an in place upgrade of BES and migrate all users at the same time, it complicates things. We decided to put in a new BES server in place and migrate users one at a time. It made the process easier for everyone. Be warned, you will most likely need to involve BES tech support. We were on the line with them many times during the switch. A lot of things don't work exactly as documented (also known as buggy software). Tech support was able to resolve all the issues though. -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: August-03-10 1:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 tools in a Exchange 2003 environment If you have a valid T-Support contract, you should get the Exchange 2010 upgrade instructions from them. -----Original Message----- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:59 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 tools in a Exchange 2003 environment Brilliant! Thanks Martin! -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 tools in a Exchange 2003 environment This is a tough one. BES does require the Exch 2003 tools, BUT, part of upgrading to Exch 2010 requires you to remove them and run on MAPI/ CDO. This worked fine for my Exchange 2003 users. SO, YMMV. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E17E7F31-079A-4 3A9- BFF2-0A110307611E&displaylang=en -----Original Message----- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 tools in a Exchange 2003 environment We're in the planning stages of going from Exchange 2003 to 2010. We're also wanting to upgrade our BES server to a system running Windows 2008. BES requires the Exchange Tools to be installed on the server. Exchange 2003 Tools will not install on Windows 2008. Will it work to install the Exchange 2010 Tools on the BES server but still be running Exchange 2003 for now? Paul
