You need to have the exchange admin tools installed on your machine in order to see the exchange tabs through ADUC. I assume that you will not have this installed on a DC. However, it will be installed on an exchange server You can verify the schema replication, firstly through replmon and checking on the updates that are still pending replication. Secondly be checking the config container on several of the domain controllers to ensure that they are holding the correct exchange info. Second way is a bit long winded though. You will also notice a similar behaviour on workstations. If you install the admin tools on a workstation you will see the exchange tabs via ADUC. On a machine at the side of it without ESM installed there will be no tabs for exchange. Mark Shevill IMG Messaging Technical Lead Shell Information Technology International Limited Rowlandsway, Wythenshawe, Manchester M22 5SB, United Kingdom Tel: +44 161 435 8709 Fax: +44 161 933 3502 Other Tel: +44 7932 625510 Email: Mark.Shevill@xxxxxxxxx Internet: http://www.shell.com <http://www.shell.com/> _____ From: Lloyd Williams [mailto:Williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 22 January 2004 04:39 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Active Directory Exchange Schema Updates http://www.MSExchange.org/ I am currently upgrading our exchange 5.5 site to Exchange 2003. After installing the active directory connector and running the connection agreement wizard I notice two things. When I examine the properties of users in "active directory users and groups" on my prospective exchange 2003 server the users have all the new exchange attributes. However if I examine the properties of users in "active directory users and groups" on a different domain controller the properties do not have the extra exchange tabs. Its looks like the schema has not been extended for these other domain controllers. However if I go into "active directory sites and services" and force replication I get no errors. So I am worried that in some sense my schema has not been replicated. Also when I hit verify after running the connection agreement wizard it tells me I have users still to replicate to the exchange 5.5 directory. Do I have to worry about this as all the users in my cn=users don't need mail boxes and I think these are the users that haven't been written to the exchange 5.5 directory. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------