Removing E2K3 from S2K3 AD controller

[rliebsch]

I know having Exchange 2003 on an Active Directory works, though it is strongly advised against.

I also know that you can not change the AD status of the computer once E2K3 is installed.

My question is: can you remove E2K3 from the AD controller successfully?

I have a situation and constrained on budget and thus hardware.

I am installing S2K3R2x64 and subsequently (as soon as Blackberry Enterprise Server supports it - officially) installing E2K7.

The hitch is this, currently, i have S2K3SP1 installed in x32bit with E2K3 on the 64bit hardware.

My AD was 2K with E2K. I removed E2K and upgraded the AD to 2K3R2.

I am wondering, can I install (temporarily) E2K3 on the AD then remove it later?

Thanks for any and all advice.

Robert Liebsch
Systems Psychologist,
Network Sociologist,
Security Pathologist,
User Therapist.

 

[BenChristian]

Hi Robert,

Yes, you can uninstall Exchange from a Domain Controller, I've done it many times.


Ben Christian
MCSE, MCSA:Messaging

http://www.benchristian.com