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Thanks gents!!!<br />
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I will review some of this info and if I have additional questions i'll ask...<br />
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I won't be ready to do this until next year. &nbsp;Right now I am just trying to get an idea of the cost...
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Thanks gents!!!

I will review some of this info and if I have additional questions i'll ask...

I won't be ready to do this until next year.  Right now I am just trying to get an idea of the cost...

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Sounds good - any other questions feel free to drop a note here.
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Sounds good - any other questions feel free to drop a note here.

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I am just trying to get an idea of what it will take to move forward using exchange 2013. &nbsp;Right now I have a single 2008 R2 VM running exchange 2007. &nbsp;My plan is to add another server running server 2008 R2 as a VM and install exchange 2013 and then migrate all mailboxes to the new server as well as public folders and decommission the old server.<br />
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I am thinking I will need to prep the domain before starting but I was curious if the experts out there had any advice for doing such a migration. &nbsp;Any tips or advice is welcome... &nbsp;Thanks!!
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I am just trying to get an idea of what it will take to move forward using exchange 2013.  Right now I have a single 2008 R2 VM running exchange 2007.  My plan is to add another server running server 2008 R2 as a VM and install exchange 2013 and then migrate all mailboxes to the new server as well as public folders and decommission the old server.

I am thinking I will need to prep the domain before starting but I was curious if the experts out there had any advice for doing such a migration.  Any tips or advice is welcome...  Thanks!!

exchange 2007 to 2013

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

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Within Internet message handling services (MHS), a message transfer agent or mail transfer agent (MTA) or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using a client–server application architecture. A MTA implements both the client (sending) and server (receiving) portions of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The terms mail server, mail exchanger, and MX host may also refer to a computer performing the MTA function. The Domain Name System (DNS) associates a mail server to a domain with mail exchanger (MX) resource records containing the domain name of a host providing MTA services.