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I am in the process of updating my AD2003 to ADS2012. &nbsp;So far I have two Windows 2003 ADS/DC left in my environment. &nbsp; When I go to Active Directory Sites and Services and expand my servers I only see one server with the Exchange Settings folder although it is empty in the right panel, it is listed on my Windows2003. &nbsp;Should there be Exchange Settings under my windows 2012 ADS/DC servers before I demote that Windows 2003 Server?
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I am in the process of updating my AD2003 to ADS2012.  So far I have two Windows 2003 ADS/DC left in my environment.   When I go to Active Directory Sites and Services and expand my servers I only see one server with the Exchange Settings folder although it is empty in the right panel, it is listed on my Windows2003.  Should there be Exchange Settings under my windows 2012 ADS/DC servers before I demote that Windows 2003 Server?

Demoting Windows2003 Servers and Exchange Settings in AD Sites and Services

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.