I have been moving mailboxes to our new server for a week now. The first few were annoying dealing with outlook. First, Outlook XP started asking for usernames and passwords for all those people that were moved to the new server in the same AD structure. Outlook 97 and 2k did not have this affliction. (I posted this problem on the exchange list and received no response, so I assume its just me and something I get to deal with.) The original server was the first DC and the first GC, the new server is neither.. just a member server. Second, I discovered some machines the mailboxes just worked right away but others seemed to get lost to outlook for a while. I attributed this to a "sync" issue between GC's. So, now its easy. Move the mailboxes and dont tell the users to use outlook for an hour. Works perfect that way. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 5:03 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Moving mailboxes http://www.MSExchange.org/ It can take a while for AD to replicate the move of the user mailbox, so if you have multiple DC's/GC's then it depends on which DC authenticates them and which GC they get directed too. The server that their mailbox was on also has to be up and running as they will make contact with that server first and then an AD lookup will occur to locate their mailbox. Mark Fugatt MCT, MCSE, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 Fax: 585 249 0316 www.4mcts.com www.exchangetrainer.com -----Original Message----- From: Chris Nielsen [mailto:cnielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 5:02 PM To: [ExchangeList] http://www.MSExchange.org/ I thought if you moved someone's mailbox to a new Exchange 2000 server the servers were supposed to coordinate and redirect the Outlook client to the new server the next time the user tries to log in. I'm getting errors when the user tries to log in after his mailbox has been moved. Are there any special considerations I should be aware of or configuring to make this move seamless to the end-users? - Chris Nielsen ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: mark@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: jrobill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')