Re: Downgrading from Enterprise to Standard

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Then you will need to reinstall Exchange 2007 unfortunately.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232170.aspx

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John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2007
Microsoft Certified Partner


"dknox" <dknox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:EE8FB507-879C-42CF-A836-090AB56AB0F7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yup, that was pretty much the first step when upgrading.

"Leif Pedersen [ MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

Have you installed the license key yet?

In 207 the version depends on which license key is installed.

Leif

"dknox" <dknox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelelsen
news:8A1E4C16-DA66-4374-9ACE-A01DC5F1E1A1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My company recently made the transition from Exchange 2003 to 2007. > The
> enterprise edition of 2007 was installed and configured but the > standard
> edition license was purchased, my boss advised me that we need to
> downgrade
> to standard edition. I read on a technet paper that a full uninstall > and
> reinstall using a different key was requiired. Has anyone found a
> different
> method to downgrade that isn't so drastic? If not, is there a quick > way
> of
> uninstalling and reinstalling and importing all changes etc?


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