We have a very old system running Exchange 2003 which is giving us headaches. We just received a brand new Dell machine which is to replace the existing exchange server. My question is what is the easiest way to replace the existing exchange 2003 machine with the new one and still keep the same computer/server name so the clients and users won’t have to redo any of their configurations in outlook etc… and also so we can do it with the least impact as far as editing accounts in AD etc… We also have Veritas Backup so I was also thinking of doing a full backup of our current machines exchange information/database etc… and just restoring it to the new machine, taking the old machine off line and renaming the new machine… Not sure the best way to go about all this though, any help would GREATLY and desperately be appreciated.