Due to certin circumstances, I have the task of creating a vmware instance and install a 2nd 2007 exchange server within the same domain. As we will moving to exchange 2010 and do not wish to purchase new hardware for this. I have read that I will have to use the move mailbox feature for the mailboxes, however how do I copy the rest of the configuration settings currently set within Exchange 2007? Will they replicate on their own? I ask this Q because. Once Exchange 2007 is setup and working in the vmware session. I am going to be tearing down the orginal server to install Server08 & Exchange 2010. So before I format anything I want to make sure the vmware session of Exchange is working properly. How long should I leave the 2 existing exchange servers setup and running to ensure everything is as it should be, before I start on my Server 2008 build

Hi,Yes you will need to move all the mailboxes to the "new" server, make sure the public folder is moved to the other server and make sure the address book genereration is moved to the other server. Then deinstall Exchange from the old server, Exchange will check things and will give an error if it can't remove the specific role, for example when you forget to move the address book generation to the other server.Regards,Johanblog: www.johanveldhuis.nl

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