There's no harm in doing forestprep and indicating that you'll join the existing Exchange org, then not going any further.
There's no reason that the ADC has to be run - I've run this forest for over a year without the ADC ever being run. In fact, from what I've seen, the ADC should be used for as short a time as possible. -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Zukerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Windows 2000 schema extension > > > What are your plans? Are you looking to set up a separate > Organization? Then set it up as a new orgnization within the > forest. ForestPrep is the answer. > > Are you looking to get an Exchange 2000 server in the > existing 5.5 organization? If so, it will require joining the > organization and the configuration of the ADC to update > Active Directory with the Exchange 5.5 accounts. There isn't > any way around that since Exchange 2000 doesn't have the > ability to read the 5.5 directory. You can still manage your > existing accounts in 5.5 if you like. You can even control > the ADC not to update AD with the account information. But it > requires the Site Replication Service to communicate within > the same organization. > > If these aren't your restrictions, please give more information. > > Marc Zukerman > Senior Network Engineer > Greenwich Technology Partners > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Graham Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:23 PM > Subject: [ActiveDir] Windows 2000 schema extension > > > > I would like to be able to extend the schema to include the > attribute > > set > of > > Exchange 2000. > > > > The one documented way of doing this is to use the > "forestprep" option > > of Exchange 2000 setup. > > > > However this seems to require information on any existing Exchange > > organization / new organization and as such potentially impact any > existing > > Exchange organization. > > > > Given a scenario of there being an Exchange 5.5 organzation > but with > > no > plan > > for connectivity to the Active Directory , is there a way > of extending > > the schema without gonig through the "specifics" of either > joining an > > existing organzation or creating new Exchange objects which may > > compromise any > future > > Exch2000 implementation. > > > > This will enable us to perform this schema before going into > > production. > > > > Thanks > > > > GT > > > > > > > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
