Here is Microsoft's list of Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003's NetBIOS
dependencies.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837391

- Sean

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote:

>  No - DNS suffixes can be appended transparently for you
>
> Secondly, Exchange 2003 doesn't have a dependancy on NetBIOS that I know
> of. MS Cluster service had a dependancy on NetBIOS name resolution (e.g. via
> WINS), but that isn't an Exchange dependancy.
>
> I don't know of any current Microsoft NetBIOS dependancies - I know a
> number of people reasonably sized orgs with no WINS, so at best NetBIOS
> would local collision domain only. Happy to be enlightened though.
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
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> *From:* David Lum [[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 5 May 2009 11:26 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Disabling NETBIOS
>
>    Wouldn't *\\machinename\c$* have to be *\\FQDN\c$* to work if there is
> no NetBIOS? For me MACHINENAME = NetBIOS name, so perhaps my thinking is
> just wrong? (wouldn't be the first time...).
>
> "I'm not convinced that Microsoft has completely eliminated NetBIOS
> dependencies from their own stuff, let alone what third-party software
> houses do"
> +1
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>]
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:17 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Disabling NETBIOS
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Jeremy Anderson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I have investigated this a bit, and I just wondered if anyone had any
> > opinions they would like to share.
>
>   Short version: Lots of things depend on NetBIOS.  That including
> lots of things from Microsoft.  Most notably, Exchange Server 2003 and
> earlier.  You can disable NetBIOS if you don't use any of those
> things, but myself, I'm not convinced that Microsoft has completely
> eliminated NetBIOS dependencies from their own stuff, let alone what
> third-party software houses do.
>
> > I have no legacy clients (but a lot of Mac's and Linux Machines)
>
> server itself.
>
> >  Currently I connect \\machinename\c$, will that change?
>
>   That should still work the same.
>
> -- Ben
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