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Best way to Import Mail boxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchage 2007 when the sites are far apart
Hi guys need some advice, i am setting up a New exchange server for a Company and the New Server is sitting on a New Site a 2 hour plane Flight away, what is the best way to transfer the email from Exchange 2003 server to the new exchange 2007 server.
it has a VPN link beetween the sites approximateley 1Mb connection Speed so not great.. the Mail store is Approximateley 4gb..
The challenge is how do I get the Mailboxes onto the New Server with the Least Delays.. Do I use Exmerge and copy Mailboxes to HDD and Courier Up , which will take atleast Overnight on a weekday. What do I do with the users email while I am waiting for the Mailboxes to be transferred??
Would it be possible to Move the Mailboxes via Exchange to the New Store, via a VPN is maybe a little Dangerous, what happens if the connection Dropped would ity allow you to restart the move.??
Is their a company who i could get the Email redirected to, until all the changes are made and then update the Exchange 2007 box when Email comes back online...?
Big_daddy
it has a VPN link beetween the sites approximateley 1Mb connection Speed so not great.. the Mail store is Approximateley 4gb..
The challenge is how do I get the Mailboxes onto the New Server with the Least Delays.. Do I use Exmerge and copy Mailboxes to HDD and Courier Up , which will take atleast Overnight on a weekday. What do I do with the users email while I am waiting for the Mailboxes to be transferred??
Would it be possible to Move the Mailboxes via Exchange to the New Store, via a VPN is maybe a little Dangerous, what happens if the connection Dropped would ity allow you to restart the move.??
Is their a company who i could get the Email redirected to, until all the changes are made and then update the Exchange 2007 box when Email comes back online...?
Big_daddy
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all emails from the OST will be deleted since it will sync with the server
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so they will all have to resync with the server once it is up..
will there Calendar and Local Contacts come across with There Mailbox as well.. I assume Exmerge is the best way to do this
Big_daddy
will there Calendar and Local Contacts come across with There Mailbox as well.. I assume Exmerge is the best way to do this
Big_daddy
Just remember exmerge will only export the first 2gb of email per mailbox. But if the store is only 4gb you probably don't have to worry about it.
exmerge will take everything calendars contacts and emails. the only restriction, as I said before, is the 2GB limit / pst
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Thanks Guys
Ok, will this work ok, what happens to the copy of the users local .ost file when the Mailbox is exported, when they connect to the exchange server will their Outlook just come up blank?
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