Exchange 2003 Checklist

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For those about to migrate from Exchange 5.5 to 2003, refer to this handy checklist before you plunge into the upgrade process. Being aware of the things that need to be considered will help you prepare for a smoother migration. Following is a list of things you would want to check before doing even the simplest migration project from Exchange 5.5. Such a project would typically include upgrading a NT 4 domain to Windows 2000/3 Active Directory based domain or installation of Exchange 2003 in an already existing Active Directory domain.  Best practices for the upgrade of a NT 4 domain would include an installation of a temporary BDC, later promoted to a PDC instead of in-place upgrading one of the production domain controllers to enable fast and easy rollback in case the upgrade fails for some reason.

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NT4 Upgrade to Windows 2000/3

• Consider changing the NT domain name if it contains a dot. This is not strictly necessary but is a good way to avoid problems.
• You have a temporary workstation or server that can act be installed as a NT4 BDC.
• NT4 drivers for the network card and for the SCSI controller of the temporary BDC.
• Prepare SP4 or later integrated Windows 2000 Server CD for the installation of the domain controllers.
• Run Windows Update to ensure latest security fixes are installed on the Windows 2000 servers as soon as they are online.

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Installation of Exchange 2003 in an existing Active Directory forest

• Make sure all domain controllers in the forest are Global Catalog servers and are running current service packs and patches.
• Before beginning installation or migration make sure there are no existing Exchange organizations or ADC CAs have been created. The easiest way to check this is by installing Windows 2000/3 Support Tools and looking at the properties of the Administrators of the domain using the ADSIEdit tool. If one of them has the property "proxy addresses" then ADC or Exchange setup has been run before.

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