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As the GAL is &quot;Global&quot; then No you cant have a CLEAN SP2 in the same domain.<br />

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As the GAL is "Global" then No you cant have a CLEAN SP2 in the same domain.


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Neilsr - what approach would you take?
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Akicute555 -<br />
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Thanks - I'll create a lab environment that mirrors production and just &quot;go for it&quot; on the SP2 upgrade to see how it affects the AD permissions/GAL.<br />
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Any other advise is always appreciated.
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Akicute555 -

Thanks - I'll create a lab environment that mirrors production and just "go for it" on the SP2 upgrade to see how it affects the AD permissions/GAL.

Any other advise is always appreciated.

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ok please keep updating us...
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Hello Exchange Experts -<br />
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We're currently running Exchange 2010 SP1 in a &quot;hacked up, GAL segregation&quot; kinda way (<a href="http://www.heavens-reach.com/it/exchange/169-exchange-2010-sp1-address-list-segregation" rel="ugc">see this link</a>). <br />
With the new release of Exchange 2010 SP2, I'd like to move into the official MS way of handling GAL segregation. Here's my thought - I'd like to install Exchange 2010 SP2 in a clean configuration, then move all the mailboxes from our hacked up SP1 installation to the clean SP2 installation.<br />
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My questions:<br />
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1. Is it possible to have a &quot;clean&quot; Exchange 2010 SP2 server in the same domain as the SP1 server being that they'll share the same AD information?<br />
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2. If so, what process would you suggest to move the mailboxes over?<br />
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3. Any better ideas on how to do this?
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Hello Exchange Experts -

We're currently running Exchange 2010 SP1 in a "hacked up, GAL segregation" kinda way (see this link (http://www.heavens-reach.com/it/exchange/169-exchange-2010-sp1-address-list-segregation)). 
With the new release of Exchange 2010 SP2, I'd like to move into the official MS way of handling GAL segregation. Here's my thought - I'd like to install Exchange 2010 SP2 in a clean configuration, then move all the mailboxes from our hacked up SP1 installation to the clean SP2 installation.

My questions:

1. Is it possible to have a "clean" Exchange 2010 SP2 server in the same domain as the SP1 server being that they'll share the same AD information?

2. If so, what process would you suggest to move the mailboxes over?

3. Any better ideas on how to do this?

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