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I don't have to do anything in ESM (Exchange System Manager)? Or is ESM smart enough to see the change when I remove exchange from the front end box?<br />
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Nothing needs to be done with ESM. <br />
As long as you remove the server using add/remove programs, the server will be removed from the domain correctly and therefore it will be gone from ESM as well. <br />
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What about public folders?? &nbsp;Don't they get moved? &nbsp;Just asking because I have the same task in front of me.
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Depends if you have public folders on the server or not. If the Frontend server has been configured to best practises then you shouldn't have public folders on the server.<br />
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This question is closed but looking at this Microsoft page, it sure seems like there is more to do that you have discussed: &nbsp;<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822931" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.c<wbr />om/kb/8229<wbr />31</a>. &nbsp;If I understand sqlagent007's question, he wants to retire the first server. &nbsp;I'm concerned that if he doesn't move the roles the first server has responsibility for that the second server will simply stop working.. &nbsp;
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That is retiring the FIRST server. Highly unlikely for a frontend server to hold the unique functionality that the first server holds. <br />
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Sounds to me like he has two servers and the server he is taking down would be the first server. &nbsp;Way I read the question he only has the two and wants to step back to One. &nbsp;So...... &nbsp; 
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It isn't usual to deploy a frontend server first, holding the unique roles. The backend server is usually deployed first, which would then hold the unique roles. <br />
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You have read the question in a different way to me. <br />
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I have an environment where OWA and ACTIVE SYNC are running on an exchange front end server. The information store and SMTP server on the back end server. I need to free up the front end server for another project, so how can I successfully move the front end functions to the back end server. At the end of all this I want to have only 1 server doing everything for Exchange. The server is well equipped to handle the load of all 50 users and 3 mobile devices.<br />
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Please list the steps to take, things to check and gotchas<br />
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Thanks experts!<br />

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I have an environment where OWA and ACTIVE SYNC are running on an exchange front end server. The information store and SMTP server on the back end server. I need to free up the front end server for another project, so how can I successfully move the front end functions to the back end server. At the end of all this I want to have only 1 server doing everything for Exchange. The server is well equipped to handle the load of all 50 users and 3 mobile devices.

Please list the steps to take, things to check and gotchas

Thanks experts!


How to move Exchange 2003 back  to a single server solution

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.