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I just wanted to confirm if this could be done or not. &nbsp;Since not I will not try.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Louis
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I just wanted to confirm if this could be done or not.  Since not I will not try.

Thanks,
Louis

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We will be moving exchange accounts from one machine to another (exchA and exchB). &nbsp;After this move we will be removing exchA from the AD domain and renaming exchB to exchA. &nbsp;How will this effect the outlook clients assuming the clients were originally pointed at exchA for mail.<br />
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Another way to look at this question is do the outlook clients use DNS or SIDs to find and talk to the exchange server.<br />
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The environment is AD2000 with exchA running Exchange2000 and exchB running Exchange2003. &nbsp;The clients are a mix from Outlook XP to Outlook 2007.<br />
Thanks,<br />
Louis
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We will be moving exchange accounts from one machine to another (exchA and exchB).  After this move we will be removing exchA from the AD domain and renaming exchB to exchA.  How will this effect the outlook clients assuming the clients were originally pointed at exchA for mail.

Another way to look at this question is do the outlook clients use DNS or SIDs to find and talk to the exchange server.

The environment is AD2000 with exchA running Exchange2000 and exchB running Exchange2003.  The clients are a mix from Outlook XP to Outlook 2007.
Thanks,
Louis

Changing the hostname of an exchage server and its effects on outlook clients

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.