I performed my server migration exactly the way you are asking about and I had no problems. Chris Nielsen Systems Administrator New Dawn Technologies -----Original Message----- From: Lorie Gordon [mailto:lgordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:58 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Moving to Enterprise Edition Will there be a problem if I install enterprise on the new server and then move the mailboxes since we are currently on Standard edition? -----Original Message----- From: Michael Warren [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:19 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Moving to Enterprise Edition http://www.MSExchange.org/ Alternately you could exmerge all mailbox data out, install the new server then exmerge all the data back in again., However if you have the luxury of a second server on the domain, the as previously suggested, use the mailbox move method. M -----Original Message----- From: Lorie Gordon [mailto:lgordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 26 February 2003 13:08 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Moving to Enterprise Edition http://www.MSExchange.org/ This is my situation: Currently running Exchange 2000 standard edition with limited hard drive space and large database. We would like to move to a larger server and enterprise edition. I would like to install Enterprise edition on the new server and then restore from backup of old server. Is this possible or do I need to install standard edition on new server, restore backup, and then upgrade to enterprise? Any suggestions that you can give would be appreciated. Also, have any of you had any problems with upgrading to Enterprise? Thanks, Lorie