Reinstalling Server 2003 and its effect on Exchange Server
The server 2003 installation (which was set up long before I arrived) has severe problems with profiles, DNS settings and other things. I won't bore you with the details, but suffice to say that starting from scratch with it seems the best option (it's a small network - about 30 users).
My one niggling doubt is with how this will affect Exchange. My plan is to change the groups/users which were created in a fairly random ad hoc way. Will it cause problems trying to associate the new users with already existing exchange mailboxes (i.e. to avoid having to start from scratch with the Exchange server)?
My one niggling doubt is with how this will affect Exchange. My plan is to change the groups/users which were created in a fairly random ad hoc way. Will it cause problems trying to associate the new users with already existing exchange mailboxes (i.e. to avoid having to start from scratch with the Exchange server)?
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Thanks for the quick response and apologies for the lack of information I included - was convinced I'd written a couple of sentences explaining the network setup.
In answer to your question, the current setup has two hardware severs, each of which is a DC - one server runs Sever 2003 and the other is the Exchange server.
In answer to your question, the current setup has two hardware severs, each of which is a DC - one server runs Sever 2003 and the other is the Exchange server.
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A couple of questions to ask though.
1. Is this the only server?
2. Is it a DC and EXCH? Or are they 2 separate boxes?
3. Do you have more than one DC?
I could advise you on this, but without this information, it is hard to give the best advise.