If you upgrade Exchange using my method (http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq_appxa.htm) you can do most if not all of the work during business hours with no significant downtime.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stevo Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:56 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Windows 2000 / Exchange 2000 Upgrade to 2003 Experts, I have a small domain with 3 Windows 2000 DCs and 2 Exchange 2000 mail servers (across 2 sites). I'm planning on upgrading both the domain and Exchange to 2003 and would like some recommendations from people who have actually done this (successfully would be preferred). The questions I have include the following: 1) What is the best order to perform this upgrade? Exchange first or Domain first? 2) Would it be better to perform an upgrade of the existing controllers, or bring new 2003 DCs online? 3) Same for Exchange - should I upgrade the Exchange server, or should I bring a new 2003 Exchange server online concurrently and then migrate accounts over to the new server? 4) What are the gotchas?!! I am planning on replacing the hardware of all DCs and Exchange servers, so any advice around best practices would be appreciated. Thanks Stevo List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
