I am in the midst of planning my transition to e2k7. Currently running 2 e2k3 servers in an FE-BE environment. From the sounds of things I have a large number of mis-configured non-mapi clients(Entourage on Macs) pointing to the BE. In my transition I will be purchasing new hardware for the BE(now hub/mailbox roles, the FE will be formatted to load x64bit OS and be the cas role). After I move all the mailboxes is it possible/advisable to rename the mailbox server to the old BE's name? Thanks for the info. Jason
Well, really depends on how much time you will save just fixing the "misconfigured non-mapi clients" as opposed to keeping the same Server name. I would tend to think fixing the clients to point to the new Exchange Server name would be less time consuming and less headache in your transition to Exchange 2007. This not to mention that the MAPI clients will automatically get pointed to the new Exchange Server if you use the Move Mailbox wizard. -- John Oliver, Jr MCSE, MCT, CCNA Exchange MVP 2008 Microsoft Certified Partner "Jason Meyer" wrote in message news:u3kcbuctIHA.672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > I am in the midst of planning my transition to e2k7. Currently running 2 > e2k3 servers in an FE-BE environment. From the sounds of things I have a > large number of mis-configured non-mapi clients(Entourage on Macs) > pointing to the BE. In my transition I will be purchasing new hardware for > the BE(now hub/mailbox roles, the FE will be formatted to load x64bit OS > and be the cas role). After I move all the mailboxes is it > possible/advisable to rename the mailbox server to the old BE's name? > > Thanks for the info. > > Jason
John Oliver, Jr. [MVP] wrote: > Well, really depends on how much time you will save just fixing the > "misconfigured non-mapi clients" as opposed to keeping the same Server > name. I would tend to think fixing the clients to point to the new > Exchange Server name would be less time consuming and less headache in > your transition to Exchange 2007. This not to mention that the MAPI > clients will automatically get pointed to the new Exchange Server if you > use the Move Mailbox wizard. > John, thanks for the reply. I have come to the determination that fixing the non-mapi clients would be a ton easier. Sounds like our Mac tech guys have figured out away to script the change to point to the FE/soon to be CAS, which will have the same name. Jaason
Hi, You can't rename an exchange server (sure you might be able to but everything will break). Leif "Jason Meyer" skrev i meddelelsen news:u3kcbuctIHA.672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > I am in the midst of planning my transition to e2k7. Currently running 2 > e2k3 servers in an FE-BE environment. From the sounds of things I have a > large number of mis-configured non-mapi clients(Entourage on Macs) > pointing to the BE. In my transition I will be purchasing new hardware for > the BE(now hub/mailbox roles, the FE will be formatted to load x64bit OS > and be the cas role). After I move all the mailboxes is it > possible/advisable to rename the mailbox server to the old BE's name? > > Thanks for the info. > > Jason
