Re: Need good basic Exchange implementation documentation

Thank you, Terence. I actually found and bookmarked those links from
another post, and I will be doing that as part of the implementation. If I
had known more when I ordered the server, I would have asked for a larger C:\
partition than I got - I made the assumption that Dell knew what they were
doing when they partitioned the drive.

"Terence Liu [MSFT]" wrote:

Hello Customer,

Thank you for posting here.

According to your description, I know you have only 12 GB partition for SBS
system. This is very small for SBS 2003. By default all SBS data will store
in C: partition. The data folders include the Users Shared Folders,
SharePoint and Monitoring databases, Exchange databases and log files, Sent
Faxes folder, and ClientApps shared folder.

Based on my research, I suggest try to some of the data (Exchange databases
for example) from C: partition to D: partition. For detail steps, please
refer to the following document:

Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a1d0af69-1287-4225-
bd8b-59c89f44984b&displaylang=en

For more documents about SBS, please refer to:

Windows Small Business Server Technical Library
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServerSolutions/SBS/en/library/4082d695
-2075-4ca0-8af8-99fd04b78b2d1033.mspx?mfr=true

Technical Resources for Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/default.mspx

I hope these will give you some help.

Thanks and have a nice day!

Best regards,

Terence Liu(MSFT)

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| I only have 2 partitions - one 12GB partition, which I try to keep
limited to
| just the Windows files (as much as possible), and one with 124 GB.
Although
| I've read it's better to keep the Exchange information separate from the
user
| folders, etc., but I'm limited in my ability to do that. I was aware of
the
| new quotas with SP2. My user accounts are created using the wizard, and
I've
| created mailboxes even though they're not being used.
|
| "Larry Struckmeyer" wrote:
|
| > Was exchange installed when SBS was setup? If not you will have to
create
| > all the mailboxes manually.
| >
| > Be carefull where you install both the program and the data. I might
| > suggest the partition with the most room.
| >
| > To move the existing .pst files into exchange, simply open the .pst
file and
| > move/copy the mail into the exchange mailbox, then close and disconnect
from
| > the .pst file.
| >
| > SBS sets quotas on the mailboxes for each user, and oob has a 16 GB max
size
| > for the public and private stores. Exchange SP2 gives you the chance
to
| > raise the over all limit to 75 GB private and 75 GB public. You have
to
| > make all these adjustments manually. That is, for the users and the
overall
| > limits. Easily done, but you can find that info easily yourself, or
post
| > back.
| >
| > Shadow Copies and VSS has no benefit for Exchange, and many SBS'rs put
the
| > data bases on partitions separate from their user folders for that
reason.
| >
| > Lots more suff to consider, but not nearly as much as Enterprise, which
is a
| > similiar, but much more complicated subject.
| >
| > --
| > Larry
| >
| > "Costas" <cpstechgroup@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:0A29FFD4-61B4-464B-983E-A47FF96942FC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > > Start by buying a book that is related to SBS. My advise is to get
this
| > > one:
| > >
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Business-Administrators-Companion-Pro-Admini
strators/dp/0735622809/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207844426&sr=8-1
| > >
| > > The documentation you most probably read is for Exchange Server 2003
and
| > > refers to enterprise deployment. Exchange in an SBS environment is
easy
| > > to install, setup and administer. This forum will also be helpful for
| > > every question you might have in the process
| > >
| > > --
| > > Costas
| > >
| > >
| > > "sari" <sari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > > news:3CADB0D6-6EE6-422E-9B03-FC6FADA04C5D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > >>I have SBS2003 that I haven't implemented Exchange on (server is
about 2.5
| > >> years old). For various reasons, I'd like to implement it, but I'm
| > >> intimidated by the documentation on it. It all seems to be geared
| > >> towards
| > >> massive implementations of 1000+ users over multiple servers, when
in
| > >> fact, I
| > >> have 30-35 users. The documentation also makes it seem like an
| > >> administrative nightmare, which I also don't need. I purchased a
book
| > >> that's
| > >> over 800 pages long, and it's difficult to really sift out what
applies
| > >> to my
| > >> sort of setup. That seems to be the issue with all the
documentation.
| > >>
| > >> Basically, what I'm trying to find is a simple guide for implementing
| > >> Exchange in a SBS environment, including converting the users from a
mix
| > >> of
| > >> Outlook 2003/2007 mailboxes to using Exchange. This would include
| > >> determining storage requirements and ongoing administrative
requirements.
| > >> I
| > >> have a couple of users who currently have massive. pst files (the
| > >> principals
| > >> in the company I work for, primarily, who seem to keep every email
| > >> they've
| > >> ever received). I'm not sure what will happen to this information
when
| > >> they're converted.
| > >
| >
| >
| >
|


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