Re: exchange 2000 enterprise upgrade

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On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:55:49 -0500, "Pete" <kwonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>What if the server is a front end server (for OWA) with no mailstores?
>Would the only process be to uninstall exchange2k and then install exchange
>2003 standard?

I see where you are coming from but it's still a no.
Introduce a new FE on temporary hardware and flatten the other box.
Reinstall with Standard. Good news there is that you probably get a
cheaper upgrade since you have a spare E2K enterprise that you can
take to E2K3 enterprise.

>
>Upgrading requires that the front end servers need first to be upgraded. I
>have no exchange 2003 enterprise licenses. I do have standard. What would
>be my best upgrade path? Break the frontend/backend exchange structure and
>introduce a new exchange 2003 server and then reconfigure it as the front
>end?

See above. New (temporary one), flatten old, rebuild old with
standard, decomission temporary.
Use E2K Enterprise on the BE until you're ready to spend on E2K3
Enterptise upgrade.
.



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