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Exch 5.5 on win 2000 server

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by jahmez

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Is exchange 5.5 enterprise version compatible with windows 2000 server.
We're trying to upgrade from exch 5.5 to exch 2000. Plan of attack is to join a exch 2000 server running on win 2002 to exch 5.5 organisation. Is this possible???

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by chrisdent

Yes 5.5 will run on 2000 Server perfectly well.

Make sure you patch the server completely of course.

If you're joining the server to the organisation (as a connected site) I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work as an upgrade path.

If you join it to the organisation as a second server make sure you familiarize yourself with the procedure for removing the first Exchange server in a site. I don't recommend you join it to the same site though.

by degiewarlord

Hi yes it is. If you have one mailserver I would rather make a full backup and do an inplace upgrade. However you can you the two versions in a site. Just ensure you AD connector is correct to let 5.5 and 2000 update before you load exch 2000.

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