[ExchangeList] Re: Migration to Exchange 2007 Question

  • From: "Lee Ann Swanson" <swanson@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:52:23 -0500

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-------------------------------------------------------Thanks for the quick 
reply.... just to reiterate... I can have 2 Global
Catalog servers on the network... one of them windows 2000 DC w/ Exchange
2000 and another with Windows 2003 R2 SP2 and all the FSMO roles on the w2k3
server and still install Exchange 2007 on the network?

Thanks much!
Lee

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Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Migration to Exchange 2007 Question

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-------------------------------------------------------you can demote the
GC.

not all GC's in the site have to be win2k3sp1. just at least 1.

do NOT dcpromo the ex2k3 dc.
this will break exchange.

you will need a win2k3 sp1  schema master dc BEFORE prepping for ex2k7

hope this helps




On 10/20/07, Lee Ann Swanson <swanson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://www.msexchange.org
> -------------------------------------------------------Have been doing
some research on this and coming up with various answers, so
> thought I'd post here...
>
> Have a network with Exchange 2000 on a Windows 2000 SP4 domain controller
(I
> know not the best setup, but it is a small network and at that time client
> wanted only one server).... anyway, we want to migrate to Exchange 2007.
>
> Have a 64 bit server with windows 2003 R2 as a member server.
> Put in Windows 2003 R2 Domain controller after extending the schema.
> The FSMO roles will be transferred to the DC and it will be made a Global
> Catalog Server.
>
> It's my understanding that the Global Catalog servers in an Exchange 2007
> Environment need to be at least Windows 2003 SP1.
>
> So my question is, can I remove the GC function from the windows 2000 DC
w/
> Exchange 2000 on it, or will I run into trouble? Or can I have 2 GCs in
the
> domain w/ one of them being Windows 2000 and still install Exchange 2007
on
> the network. I also considered putting in a temp w2k server w/ exchange 2k
> and moving the mailboxes and decommissioning the exchange 2k on the DC
> before installing exchange 2007. Have always heard you should not dcpromo
a
> machine w/ Exchange on it.
>
> Any thoughts, opinions, suggestion or references appreciated. Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Lee Swanson
> Watertown, SD
>
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