Re: Does E2K3 require WINS?

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 02/04/04


Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:09:56 -0500

No - WINS is not actually required unless you have WinNT/9x clients.

Craig Ohler wrote:
> I was under the impression that starting with Windows 2000 almost
> nothing from Microsoft required WINS. But if you read the "Planning
> an Exchange 2003 Messaging System" document from Microsoft
> (http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/library) you'll see on page 58 (66
> in Word) that is states "Exchange requires WINS." It repeats that
> requirement on page 106 (114 in Word) in Appendix A.
>
> I haven't seen anything else on TechNet or the web that implies this.
> What's the deal?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> PS - I gave 2 page numbers for each reference because the first is
> the page # that would be printed on the page & the second is the page
> number as counted by Word. Just do a search in the file on WINS &
> you'll find what I'm talking about.



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