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Hi Everyone,<br />
I have a perfectly working Exchange 2007 database that needs to stay online and working.<br />
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I need to recover some emails from an old backup of this database accomplishing these aims<br />
*Restore the database on a NEW server. <br />
*Absolutely NO conflicts with AD or the current Exchange environment<br />
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I know it may sound strange but can I restore the database to a server in a workgroup (not on the domain) and find the emails I need? If the server is in a workgroup then I cannot associate an AD account with the mailbox I am trying to restore.
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Hi Everyone,
I have a perfectly working Exchange 2007 database that needs to stay online and working.

I need to recover some emails from an old backup of this database accomplishing these aims
*Restore the database on a NEW server. 
*Absolutely NO conflicts with AD or the current Exchange environment

I know it may sound strange but can I restore the database to a server in a workgroup (not on the domain) and find the emails I need? If the server is in a workgroup then I cannot associate an AD account with the mailbox I am trying to restore.

Restoring Exchange 2007 database to new server avoiding any conflict with original Exchange or AD

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Email Servers

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