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What is the impact on AD of installing an Exchange 2010 server for testing?
We're currently running an AD on Server 2008 w/ a 3rd party mail solution (Kerio Connect). We're likely to migrate to Exchange 2010, and I'd like to set up a test server.
What are the ramifications to the AD by installing Exchange? I know that domain accounts can become mail-enabled, and I want to make sure that my test server doesn't compromise anything, especially once I remove it to eventually set up the production Exchange server.
What are the ramifications to the AD by installing Exchange? I know that domain accounts can become mail-enabled, and I want to make sure that my test server doesn't compromise anything, especially once I remove it to eventually set up the production Exchange server.
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You can not run dcpromo on exchange server but you can install Exchange on dc,its strictly not recommended for security & application usage.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719.aspx
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Hi All,
Thanks for the tips. I might not have been clear - I'm not going to install the Exchange test on to our production DC. My intent was to build 3 new PC's and join them to the existing AD, allocating one as the Exchange Server (2008 R2), one as a new DPM installation (2008 R2), and one as a client test (7 Pro).
Your comments and my common sense have talked me out of trying this on our production domain, so I'm going to set up a DC (2008) to work with these other 3 in an isolated fashion. The benefit to having on our actual domain is obvious: results will be closer to real-world given our GPO structure, etc; however, I'm not keen on making schema changes, etc. until I'm more comfortable with Exchange and what it does.
Thanks for the help...
Thanks for the tips. I might not have been clear - I'm not going to install the Exchange test on to our production DC. My intent was to build 3 new PC's and join them to the existing AD, allocating one as the Exchange Server (2008 R2), one as a new DPM installation (2008 R2), and one as a client test (7 Pro).
Your comments and my common sense have talked me out of trying this on our production domain, so I'm going to set up a DC (2008) to work with these other 3 in an isolated fashion. The benefit to having on our actual domain is obvious: results will be closer to real-world given our GPO structure, etc; however, I'm not keen on making schema changes, etc. until I'm more comfortable with Exchange and what it does.
Thanks for the help...
http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/03/29/exchange-server-2007-and-domain-controllers-a-summary.aspx