Re: The migration process for users

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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:47:27 +0100, "Andy Cobley"
<acobley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Currently I have around 200 users on a Exchange 5.5 box (Call itn box 1
>running windows 2000). I'm going to move them to a new Exchange 2003 box
>(Box2 running windows 2003), but here's my stumbling block. All users are
>running outlook 2003. All log into our Active Directory domain, all are
>running XP or Windows 2000.
>
>Currently each user has Box1 as their mail server in their outlook mail
>profile. I know that I just need to go to control panel, open the mail
>applet and change the mail server box, however some of my users are not
>computer savvy.
>
>So is there an easy way to automagically change all users so that the next
>time they log in there mail profile is pointing to the right exchange box ?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Andy C
>


How are you going to move the mailboxes? If you move them via the Move
Mailbox Wizard ( after setting up ADC etc etc), then their profile
will be automatically updated.


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