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I want to install exchange 2007 in my and my scenario is as follows:<br />
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1) I have two offices in one city 1 in two other cities each.<br />
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In all other branches I have Subdomains, having one forest.<br />
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I have windows 2003 domain. I want to add windows 2008 as a member server and then install exchange 2007 on it while working in a windows 2003 domain.<br />
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Question No. 1 : Do I &nbsp;have to install exchange server 2007 in all four branches as I have subdomains which are working separately while being in the same forest. IF not then I have to connect single exchange server 2007 with all the users of the primary domain and the subdomains, how can I do that.<br />
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Question No 2 : Exchange server 2007 with windows 2008 in windows 2003 domain, is it the perfect scenario or what should be the best approach to installing exchange server 2007 in windows 2003 domain while ruling out the upgrade of windows 2003 to windows 2008.<br />
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I want to install exchange 2007 in my and my scenario is as follows:
 
1) I have two offices in one city 1 in two other cities each.
 
In all other branches I have Subdomains, having one forest.
 
I have windows 2003 domain. I want to add windows 2008 as a member server and then install exchange 2007 on it while working in a windows 2003 domain.
 
Question No. 1 : Do I  have to install exchange server 2007 in all four branches as I have subdomains which are working separately while being in the same forest. IF not then I have to connect single exchange server 2007 with all the users of the primary domain and the subdomains, how can I do that.

Question No 2 : Exchange server 2007 with windows 2008 in windows 2003 domain, is it the perfect scenario or what should be the best approach to installing exchange server 2007 in windows 2003 domain while ruling out the upgrade of windows 2003 to windows 2008.
 


Installing Exchange 2007 in a windows 2003 Domain / Subdomains

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

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).