Re: Access denied while moving mailboxes from 5.5 to 2003

  • From: Danny <nocmonkey@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:25:09 -0500

On 11/7/05, Danny <nocmonkey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Exchange 5.5 on Windows 2000 to Exchange 2003 on Windows 2003
> migration. Error encountered in System Manager while trying to move
> mailboxes from 5.5 to 2003:
>
> Connecting to Source Server
> 0xc0070005
> Access is Denied
>
> Since the Administrator (thanks Microsoft!) account did not work, the
> account being used:
>
> - Has full admin rights in Exchange 2003
> - Service account rights at the site level in 5.5
> - Log on locally to DC's
> - Is part of no additional AD groups

Solution: promoted the 2003 file server/domain controller to a GC.

Any ideas how this fixed the "problem", because the 2000 GC was the
only GC for the domain and users have been logging in fine for a year.

...D


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