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Migration from exchange 2003 AD to new exchange 2010 AD

Jimsin3 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:32:25 +0000

Current Environment is:

Old domain ([strong]domain A[/strong]) two domain controllers, 1 Exchange 2003 sp2 server with about 90 users on.

New Domain is Parent domain ([strong]domain Z[/strong]) with exchange 2010 setup (HUB and CAS on one server, Mailbox on another server). Then two child domains where the users are setup ([strong]sol.domain.Z[/strong]) with trust setup when running DCPromo.

I’ve been doing a domain migration from Windows 2003 AD (domain A ‘old domain’) to a Windows 2008 AD (domain Z ‘new domain’). I have used ADMT for this and all users are on the new domain with correct NTFS permissions. No problem there (I don’t think).

Problem is trying to migrate the mailboxes over. I read that using ADMT first is not the best route but I have pushy managers. Enough said.

Exchange 2010 is installed on the parent domain and when I try to migrate a mailbox over using .prepare-moverequest I see green code ‘[strong]Appending x500….[/strong]’ with a [strong]warning ‘cannot find corresponding object for …..[/strong]’ and ‘[strong]1 mailbox(s) ready to move.[/strong]’ I assume I can move on to the next step which is new-moverequest. This is the problem. When i run the command I get

[strong]‘The operation couldn’t be performed because object ‘test01@domain.z’[/strong] couldn’t be found on ‘domain Z’.’

Why can’t the user been seen? When I try setting up a new user mailbox on the exchange server I can see all the users on the child domain (sol.domain.z) and proceed to set up the mailbox and have tested and works.

Any help would be most appreciated and I am get to an end where to go from here.

How can I determine if user mailboxes contain custom folders?

Kabeatty — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:54:37 +0000

We’re migrating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. There are some
significant differences in they way that retention policies work between
these two versions of Exchange. I need to determine who has custom
folders under their inbox – we need to tell these users to move these
folders up one level so that retention policies will work properly. Is
there a way I can use the 2007 Exchange Management Shell, or any other
utility or tool, to determine who has folders under their inbox?

Change mail routing from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007

Psachnoexchange — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:07:00 +0000

Hi,
We are decommissioning our Exchange 2003 Server. Our Exchange organization consists of 1 x Exch2003 and 1 x Ecxh2007 Server (all Roles).
We have completed all decommission steps other than mail routing (i.e. all mailboxes now reside on Ecxh2007 Server)
All Mail is currently routed from a smart host through Exch2003 server.
We need to now route mail through the Ecxh2007 Server.
Connectors are currently:

[PS] C:Windowssystem32>Get-SendConnector

Internet Mail SMTP Connector (EXCH2003SVR) {SMTP:*;1}    True
External Mail                         {SMTP:*;1}    False
Internet Mail                         {SMTP:*;1}    True

[PS] C:Windowssystem32>Get-ReceiveConnector

EXCH2007SVRDefault EXCH2007SVR {:::25, 0.0.0.0:25} True
EXCH2007SVRClient EXCH2007SVR {:::587, 0.0.0.0:587} True

[PS] C:Windowssystem32>Get-RoutingGroupConnector

EXCH2007SVR-EXCH2003SVR    Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR) First Routing Group
EXCH2003SVR-EXCH2007SVR    First Routing Group   Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR)
Interop RGC          Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR)      First Routing Group
Interop RGC          First Routing Group            Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR)

The Plan is as follows:
Disable Internet Mail SMTP Connector (EXCH2003SVR)
Disable ‘Internet Mail’ send connector (SourceRoutingGroup=Exch2003)
Enable External Mail (SourceRoutingGroup=Exch2007; connector previously setup for transition)
I don’t believe any action is necessary on receive connectors as these are currently configured to receive traffic from anywhere (0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255)..Is that correct?
Also, as part of the Exchange 2003 decommission process, it is necessary to remove the RoutingGroupConnectors. However, we’d like to test the cutover to the Exchange 2007 connectors first, without removing the routing group connectors.
Routing group connectors are no longer used in Exchange 2007, and we no longer have any mailboxes on EXCH2003SVR. So, Is this possible, and is this a good test? If so, and this works fine, can we then safely remove all 4 Routing group connectors?
Thanks..

Exchange 2010 Cross Forest Migration

IceCubbe — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:07:33 +0000

Hi,

I am currently busy with a cross forest migration from exchange 2007 to exchange 2010 using the following scripts:

The mailbox gets migrated without any issues,

The issue i am having is that the mailbox does not automatically get reconected with the user account object that has been migrated allready with ADMT,

Any Ideas?

Thank You
Regards

Alert users when they send an email to external domains

IKILA123 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:08:14 +0000

Hi, I would like to get an email alert when I sent an email to any external domains. We are using exchange 2003 server. Would that be possible

Failing to migrate public folders from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2007

Kop99 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:03 +0000

Hi

We are in the process of upgrading from MS Exchange 2000 to MS Exchange 2007 for starters, before eventually moving to 2010 end of this year. We have encountered numerous errors in the process of moving (replicating) public folders from the legacy platform to either 2003 or 2007. Can you assist with a step by step procedure on how best to do this. We have tried various websites for reference to no avail…

The most prominent error we are getting is c103b401 from the Exchange 2000 server each time we try to access folder properties

Upgrade Exchange 2007 from 2003 (downgrade license of 2007)

Andylodestar — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:08:22 +0000

Dear,

My client downgrade installed Exchange 2003 from “2007 license” 3 years ago. Now over cap. and want to install back the Exchange 2007 because without 75GB limit.

1. existing email accounts need to migrate?

2. now this Exchange 2003 server (location A) has one task is doing for collecting emails and then send to other Exchange 2003 servers (says Location B and Location C). If install back to Exchange 2007, any settings and impacts?

Thanks.

Andy

Transporter Suite Plain text/html format

Hernans — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:58:14 +0000

Hello, how are you people? I have a question about Transporter Suite plain text/html format.

I would like to know if the Transporter Suite copies items (calendar, emails, address book, etc) from

a source server(OPen Xchange) and keeps the original format on the destination server(Exchange 2007).

Basically I need to confirm that the messaging objects(messages, calendars,etc) will be copied as HTML on the destination server(Exchange 2007).

I read the Release Notes for the Transporter Suite of tools available at:(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=362DB2CA-B254-4301-B506-749F90AD8669)

The document includes some data about my question, but it´s not definitive. I would like to confirm it keeps the HTML format. You can find an extract from the document below:

“Transporter Suite for Internet Mail” The Microsoft Transporter Suite for Internet Mail is a collection of tools used to migrate POP or IMAP mailboxes to Microsoft Exchange Server mailboxes. It includes the following features:

The ability to migrate mail items, attachments, rich content, calendar items, and folders, and to preserve status information such as read or unread.

Sorry for the long post, Any ideas?

Thanks in advance. Best Regards

Hernán

Migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010

Fwilburn — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:52:13 +0000

We are going to migrate to Exchange 2010 SP1. We are currently running Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003. We plan on continued use of Outlook 2003. What are the main issues I am going to run up against?

Migrating mailboxes from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003

Baycando — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:08:15 +0000

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