Thanks Shorabh I figured it out and the server I want to remove is the one that holds the GAL. The question is: Do I need to go through all the rehoming procedures if I don't use public folders at all? Thanks, Juan From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shorabh Upadhyay Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:02 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Removing Exchange 2000 Hi Juan, i hope the following link will help you out to resolve your query. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822931&Product=e xch2003 And apart of that link, you can also check the same by following steps :- Start Exchange System Manager, expand Recipients, and then click the Offline Address Lists container. In the right pane, right-click Default Offline Address List, and then click Properties. In the Default Offline Address List Properties dialog box, the server that is going to be removed from the administrative group will be in the Offline address list server list. Which Server name is listed here that's your first Exchange Server ( By Default if you have not changed it later) because the first server hosts the Offline Address Book folder, Let me know if its works for you. On 11/12/07, Ibarra, Juan <Juan_Ibarra@xxxxxxx> wrote: http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------All I have a lab setup with three Ex 2000 servers and One 2003. I am having a lot of HW problems with server "mail1" so I have moved all of the mailboxes to mail2. I know want to decommission mail1 but since I didn't set up, I am not sure if it is the first exchange server in the org or not. I found this article on MSFT: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235396/ but it appears that it is only for Ex 5.5. Does anyone know of a way to find out if a server is the first server in an org or not? Thanks, Juan ------------------------------------------------------- List Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/exchangelist/ MSExchange Newsletter: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp MSExchange Articles and Tutorials: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/ MSExchange Blogs: http://blogs.msexchange.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe visit http://www.msexchange.org/pages/exchangelist.asp Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Thanks and Regards, Shorabh S. Upadhyay MicroSoft- Servers Administrator (Ship Is Always Safe at SeaShore But it is not made for this....)