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Moving Exchange 5.5

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by stevelotho

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I was wondering if anyone can stir me to the right direction. I want to move Exchange 5.5 from an old server to a new server. The new server will be on the same domain and it is an NT4. The old server is a PDC and the new server is a BDC, don't know if this was important.

1. What are the steps and process?

2. Is there a tool that will help out?

3. Know of any good links that will help or document the process?

thanks!

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by xpertdragon

There are several commercial applications that exist out there that will help you move all the components of Exchange 5.5, and being the most important would be the user mailboxes. Step 1 would probably be to make sure that you have a full, and notpartial backup that you are confident with before taking on the migration. I would search any popular search engine for the key words of "Exchange Migration". If you have the money backing to purchase an migration suite, I would do it as it will save you time, frustrations and head aches. There may just be some very inexpensive to possibly free migration tools, but I doubt it.

2 favorite Exchange oriented web sites that I rely on that could help you out with this situatuion and future needs are:

www.exchangeadmin.com
www.slipstick.com
http://www.netiq.com/products/em/default.asp
(Net IQ's Exchange Migrator)

Paul M. Chavez

by stevelotho

Thanks Chavez! It wasn't the answer I was looking for but I'm going to go ahead and close this Q&A. You are now 150points richer.

by stevelotho

Thanks! But I was looking for more of a do it yourself migration as oppose to using a third party software. I have read several articles but there is some avenue that are not crystal clear.

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