Hi again, Thank you for the response. Just to make sure I understand it right, I will repeat the steps for the "Microsoft Shuffle" and put some questions of mine in brackets ;-) 1. Export User Attributes (using LDIFDE or CSVDE?) 2. EXMERGE export mailbox data into .pst file 3. Stop ADC connection 4. disassociate the 5.5 and 2000 objects for this user [msexchadcglobalnames attribute needs to be cleaned] (please explain a little bit more, do I only have to clean that attribute in AD? What should I do on the 5.5 mailbox for this step?) 5. Wait for replication 6. Remove Exchange Attribute from the AD user object 7. Create mailbox in site needed (should i do this either by creating a new user or creating a new mailbox for the old user?) 8. Import User Data (LDIFDE / CSVDE; maybe not needed [step 7]?) 9. EXMERGE import data into new mailbox 10. Restart ADC and check for correct replication Well, sounds good in my opinion, just the small questions I have in mind. Hope you find the time to answer them for me ;-) Thanks, Christian > No, it will not join the mailbox-enabled object to the already joined user > object. Essentially, you need to do the "Microsoft shuffle" to make this > work. > > Export the user information (Distro Group membership, addresses, other email > fields needed, etc), Export the mail data, stop ADC, disassociate the 5.5 > and 2000 objects for this user (msexchadcglobalnames attribute needs to be > cleaned), allow for replication, remove mail attributes for this user in > Active Directory. Create new mailbox in site needed. Populate the > information required and saved in first step. Import mail data. Replicate. > Restart ADC and ensure that it joins the appropriate 5.5 and 2000 objects. > > Something similar to that. It was my understanding that there was supposed > to be a migration tool released in sp1 that would do all of that for you, > but I don't see it so far. If it's out there, that would be a much better > way to go IMHO ;) > > Al > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian.Schramm@xxxxxxx [mailto:Christian.Schramm@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 3:56 AM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] EXMERGE and ADC behaviour... > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Hello out there! > > Following situation: > > Exchange 2000 / Many Sites / Mixed Mode > > One user is physically moving to another location. I want to get his mailbox > to the exchange server of the new location. The servers are in different > sites / administrative groups. So far so good. > > His source mailbox currently is on a legacy Exchange 5.5 server. The target > is a Exchange 2000 server (different site / administrative group) > > His AD user object is already mailbox enabled (with the legacy 5.5 mailbox) > > Because we are in mixed mode, I can not just move his mailbox to the E2K > server within the same site and afterwards move the mailbox to the E2K > server in the other administrative group. I think I have to do this between > the legacy 5.5 sites using EXMERGE. > > As far as I know, EXMERGE can not create new mailboxes. > So I will have to create a new mailbox on the target 5.5 server. Now I am > asking me if our Active Directory Connector would recognize this new 5.5 > mailbox (in a different site) and attach it to the already existing > mailbox-enabled user-object?!? I do not want to create a new user object > because I would like to keep all the existing attributes > > Any idea? > > Thanx in advance... > > Christian S. > >