I wouldn't say highly...maybe sarcastically. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com>wrote:
> Yep. Otherwise known as GoogleFu, LMGTFY, etc. Very often and highly > recommended by members of this list… > > > > > > *From:* James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:33 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Exchange 10 or 7? > > > > google tech support? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com> > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:26 AM > > *Subject:* RE: Exchange 10 or 7? > > > > IMHO I’d say go to 2007. As you are a non-profit, you probably take heavy > advantage of Google Tech Support, which if you have done any searches lately > there’s a lot more out there on 2007 than there is on 2010. Heck, there’s > hardly any book documentation out there at all for 2010 yet. > > Paul > > > > *From:* Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:04 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Exchange 10 or 7? > > > > 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> 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/> ~
