Re: Faster way to replicate and Rehome Public Folders?

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From: Scott Schnoll [MSFT] (scschnol_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:48:16 -0800

Hi,

You can use PFMigrate to do this. See
http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/11/05/252979.aspx for details on
this tool, and other public folder tools.

Hope this helps. 

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<gavving@swbell.net> wrote in message 
news:1104449577.969222.60890@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> This thread is very old, but just for those that may find it looking
> for an answer to the question, here's the easy way to do this:
>
> Go into System Manager on the 2003 box, Set the replicas the way you
> want on the upper level public folder and apply.  Then right click on
> it, choose All Tasks, then Propagate Settings.  In that box choose
> "Replicas" and hit OK.
>
>
> JEFFATC wrote:
>> We are migrating from Exch 5.5 to Exch 2003.  We have thousands of
> public
>> folders and sub folders, as I understand it I need to go to each and
> every
>> folder and subfolder in my site(s) and replicate to the Exch 2003
> server,
>> then a few days later rehome to the Exch 2003 server and remove the
> Exch 5.5
>> replica.
>>
>> Is there a fast way to tell the public folders to replicate to the
> exch 2003
>> server, and then in a few days to
>> make them switch to it as a home server.  Some sort of utility?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>>
>> jeff at ATCIS dot com
>

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