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Although either way would work id upgrade the AD first then migrate exchange. <br />
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Hope that helps! <br />
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Dave J
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Although either way would work id upgrade the AD first then migrate exchange.

Hope that helps!

Dave J

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My one customer have small setuo they want to migrate their exchange and active directory servers. <br />
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AD is on 2003<br />
Exchange is on 2007<br />
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what is the preffered method to go ahead with migration should i move first with AD migration or first on exchange migration.<br />
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AD 2008 <br />
Exchange 2010.<br />

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My one customer have small setuo they want to migrate their exchange and active directory servers. 

AD is on 2003
Exchange is on 2007

what is the preffered method to go ahead with migration should i move first with AD migration or first on exchange migration.

AD 2008 
Exchange 2010.


Exchange 2007/ AD 2003 Migration

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

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Active Directory

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