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by chuckles

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Will Exchange 2000 Server run on the same server as Internet Information Server? Are there any known bugs?

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by ebob

IIS v5 will run (rather nicely, too) as a service in W2K.

Bugs? Probably. Just keep checking the W2K site, and Windows Update, and www.sans.org.

Much as I delight in giving MS a hard time, these are extraordinarily complex products. There arebound to be some issues. Some less serious than others. MS does come up with some pretty good patches, pretty quickly at times. Of course, then you get other problems...

by former ms supporter

Yeah, they run together. I've not had any problem yet, running everything at home off one server. I have to emphasize YET though. The ideal is to run Exchange off a separate member server. This will take the load off all packages and services, and probably provide better stability and security. Oh do I wish I'd brought my Exchange up on a separate box. I'm sure it'll give me problems at some point down the road that running it separately wouldn't.

by chuckles

Should I have setup a paticular type of server? I'm running Exchange on a NT 4.0 Server that is my PDC and I am looking to move it to another machine. Should that machine be setup as a BDC, or a member server? Is either one better than the other?

And also, what is the easiest way to get my data from one server to another? Yes I am new to the whole Exchange server setup. Learning as I go.

by former ms supporter

Well, I'd recommend the server be a member without other services running. If I'm reading correctly, you're domain is an NT4 model. To run Exch 2K, you must convert your servers to Win2K with ADS running. The Exchange Global Address List (or GAL), where all the accounts reside, are part of ADS. Although this is nice in an enterprise model, if you're in a smaller business/domain like my home network that doesn't have multiple sites/services, you probably don't need Win2K yet for your servers. Just stay with NT4 and Exch 5.5, you'll probably be happier. I wish I had. Exch 2K can be a monster. In fact, I give my domain about a year for me to learn Unix based products and will probably migrate my servers to this. Now, for your question on server. If you stay w/ Exchange 5.5, I've run it on a dual P6-180 with 128MB, and it works fine. For a single processor, probably a P3-600 w/ 256-512MB RAM. It just depends on the users. Moving data requires bringing up Exch on a new machine, connecting it to your current site, then reassigning which server is the primary. Also, your MX records on your DNS should be updated. Best recommendation - research and plan first. Hope this helps, and good luck.

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