Clarification 1

[Davetoo]

My apologies, I know I saw a thread about this, but I can't find it.

Can I still have W2K DC's in my domains and introduce the 2007 Exchange server alongside my E2K one, or do I have to retire all of my W2K DC's and have only W2K3 DC's?

I have four child domains in which I've migrated three of them to W2K3 and just DCPROMO'd a W2K3 server into the 4th. But I still have a W2K DC in the child and two in my root...but I do have W2K3 DC's in every domain, parent and child.

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[SimonAndersen]

Hi Davetoo

Yes you can still have a W2K DC in your environment, as long as you install the Exchange server roles on W2K3 SP1 or newer and as long as your AD is running Windows 2000 Native (not mixed) and there is W2K3 SP1 or newer DC's in your domain along with the W2K DC

 

[Zelandakh]

That's right. Are you planning to have Exchange in each child domain or just one domain?

 

[Davetoo]

Thanks for clearing that up.

Just the parent domain, I'm going the simplistic, single server, installation.

I'll be removing the 2000 DC's in all domains, but wanted to go ahead with the Exchange introduction if I could so I could start to play with it in production. We're deploying Office 2K7 at the same time for the users as we migrate them from the old 2000 Exchange to the 2007 Exchange.

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[58sniper]

It's important that all DCs in sites containing E2k7 servers be 2003. That's all. If your Win2k sites don't have E2k7 servers, you're generally fine.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP
Contributing author The Complete Reference: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007