I would agree that the issue is more appropriately dealt with on the Exchange List than here. But my quick feelings on it are, go straight to 2010. There is no real reason to go to 2007 first and it just adds to the works you would have to do and the inconvenience you would cause your users. I disagree that it is a pain to make the migration, I found it to be very easy to go from 2003 to 2007 considering the change taking place. There are some gotchas to watch for like making sure you move your Public Folders correctly, but overall it is a matter of installing 1 or more new servers and moving mailboxes, not too tough really. YMMV, Tim
From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 10 or 7? There is no upgrade for either 2007 or 2010 so using new hardware isn't really a choice - it's the only option. They call it a "migration" - when what it really should be called is a pain in the backside. I would hit up the Sunbelt Exchange list with this question as the people on that list but if it were me, I'd be going to 2010. Regardless of 2007 or 2010 - make sure you plan for an Outlook upgrade in there as well if you aren't at least up to Outlook 2007. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Holstrom, Don <dholst...@nbm.org<mailto:dholst...@nbm.org>> wrote: I have been using Exchange 03 here at the Museum for a few years. I have Exchange 07 software, we are a non-profit so licenses are cheap. But I was wondering if I should skip over 07 and go right to 10. Is this a harder upgrade? Impossible? Anyone done it? Either way, I would use another server, faster with 6 times the RAM of our 03 machine and run either over Server 08, 64-bit. And then transfer over a couple of weeks. One of my admin buddies from another firm says best to go with 7, impress everyone, and then go with 10 in a year or two. I also have a problem mentioned earlier with too many of the employees saving too much in their Inboxes, so I would give them an increase to save even more ridiculous stuff. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
