Re: Exchange 2007 requires all DCs to be Windows 2003?

Try setting it using the shell:
set-OrganizationConfig -DomainController myDCname.myDomain.com

Substitute the last value with fqdn of your DC/GC.

Or from the console right-click the Organization object | select "Modify
Configuration Domain Controller" and select appropriate DC.
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"mdgrkb" <mdgrkb at gmail dot com> wrote in message
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Hello, Bharat.

Thank you very much for your reply. It allowed me to complete the
Exchange 2007 installation. However, after rebooting, I'm getting the
following warning in the application log:

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: MSExchangeADAccess
Event Category: Topology
Event ID: 2116
Date: 11/6/2006
Time: 3:43:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MAILSERVER
Description:
Process MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGYSERVICE.EXE (PID=1640). The Domain Controller
w2kdc.mydomain.local is running Windows 5.0 (2195) (Unknown Service Pack).
Exchange Active Directory Provider requires Domain Controllers that run
Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 or later.

For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.

Should I just ignore these events or how can I get rid of them?

Thank you once more.

Regards,

mdgrkb

"Bharat Suneja [MVP]" <bharat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Have you tried using the /DC switch and specifying the DC to use during
setup?

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MVP - Exchange
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"mdgrkb" <mdgrkb at gmail dot com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm setting up a pilot Exchange 2007 beta box. We got an forest root
Active Directory domain which originally was running Windows 2000. We
extended the schema to add a Windows 2003 domain controller. We
transfered all FSMO from the Windows 2000 to the Windows 2003 DC and
made it the only global catalog server. The funcional level was raised
to native.

I start Exchange 2007 setup on a x64 box running as stand alone, the
pre-checks complete successfully, but next I get the following error:

Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of the Active
Directory: Domain Controller w2kdc1.mydomain.local Operating System
version is 5.0 (2195) Service Pack 4. The minimum version required is
5.2 (3790) Service Pack 1.

I checked Exchange installation requirements and didn't find any
reference to all domain controllers be required to be running Windows
2003, but only that the schema master and all global catalogs should be
Windows 2003, and the domain be in native mode.

Could you please let me know if this additional requirement is only for
the Beta 2 version of Exchange, or if it will be enforced on the RTM
version?

Thank you very much,

mdgrkb







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