Mark, sorry for the delay in posting back here. As stated in the original post i am looking to complete the task of schema extension with attributes added by Exchange 2000.
the reason for this is to remove the "risk" of doing this once the AD is in production. it was expected to be able to complete this exercise without impacting any existing Exchange infrastructure (which by the way is at 5.5) however it seems that exchange 2000 setup wants to either join on existing organisation or create a new organization. either way there seems an impact which as yet is unplanned and can't be continued until fully assessed. was wondering if there was a way using ldap directory tools such as ldifde to complete the necessary changes to the directory without any exchange configuration. GT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Zukerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:36 PM 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/
