If I decommission my 1st Exchange server do I need to copy things like relay settings over manually? Also, do any of the following procedures need downtime or cause service interruption; Rehome the Offline Address Book folder Change the server that is responsible for generating the Offline Address List Rehome the Schedule+ Free Busy folder Rehome the Organization Forms folder Rehome the Recipient Update Service Designate another server to be the routing group master Create another Site Replication Service (SRS) instance Rehome connectors to another server Thanks

You haven't said which version of Exchange, but usually those are per server settings so would need to be copied across. Simon.Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.

Sorry, its Exchange 2003. Is there anythign else that could be missed which will need to be copied...? Obviously http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822931 isn't a complete overview of what needs to be done as it doesnt mention relays!

Hi Peter, Yes, for the per server setting (like relay settings) you need to be copied manually. Here is a document about remove the first Exchange Server 2003 within an administrative group, hope can give you some help: Removing the First Exchange 2003 Server (Part 1) http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Removing-First-Exchange-2003-Server-Part1.html Thanks, Evan Liu TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Peter, How about the issue? Thanks, Evan Liu TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.