Upgrades and 64bitness   

I have heard that Exchange Server 2007 will be 64bit only (which I think is 
great).

We are needing to upgrade now and would like do so in a way that will make 
us ready for Exchange 2007.

Can we buy a new 64bit server running Windows Server 2003 x64 and run 
Exchange server 2003 on it as our back end server?  

 I am assuming that this would allow us to simply upgrade the exchange 
installation later on.
-- 
Kenneth Henry
NTP Distribution

date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:48:01 -0700   author:   Kenneth Henry alias

RE: Upgrades and 64bitness   

Hello Kenneth,

Thank you for posting.

You are right. Microsoft will only offer 64-bit version of Exchange server 
2007 to improve the performance. For the detailed information, please refer 
to the following article:
Frequently Asked Questions about Exchange Server 2007 Beta 1
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/faq.mspx

But I am afraid you should not buy Windows server 2003 64-bit edition now. 
According to my experience, Exchange server 2003 can not run on 64-bit 
versions of Windows server 2003. For the system requirements of Exchange 
Server 2003, please refer to the following articles:
System Requirements for Exchange Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/sysreqs/2003.mspx
Is there option to install Exchange 2003 on Windows 2003 64 Bit Edition?
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555468

Hope this information helps.

Sincerely,
John Chen, MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, MCSD
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:50:39 GMT   author:   (John Chen [MSFT])