The unfortunate thing is that I don't HAVE all the info because the
company hasn't let me in door yet and while I told them it would take more
to come up with an accurate estimate, they insisted on at least a
ballpark. Right now, several of the repliers all seem to have never
worked in a corporate environment where they don't care that you don't
have all the info, they still want an estimate of how long it might take
you.
> What's the 8 hours based on?
There are 250 average sized mailboxes that need to be migrated. (I
can't even get a fix on what 'average' is to them)
> Is the server build part of it? No
> Is the AD/Exchange directory cleanup part of it? Yes
> Is the ADC configuration part of it? The Exchange portion of ADC might be, they have
> already migrated to a win2k domain.
> Is the Public Folder store part of it? No
> Is the backup before and after part of it? No
> Is the Exchange security lockdown part of it? Yes
> How much data is there? "Average"
>
> As has been posted - how long is a piece of string?
How long *IS* the general average piece of string?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Crista Murphy
> Posted At: Monday, February 23, 2004 10:14 PM
> Posted To: Microsoft Exchange
> Conversation: Estimated Migration Time
> Subject: RE: Estimated Migration Time
>
> I certainly enjoy the vote of confidence! I've done several upgrades as
> I
> already mentioned, I've just never had anyone actually ask me for a
> fixed
> idea of how much time it would take so therefore was asking for some
> ballpark estimates for some people who I THOUGHT might be able to add
> better insight. I had already figured about 8 hours and told them to
> expect to take the server down for the weekend. Gotta love when you
> look
> for confirmation and get a backhand instead.
>
> Thanks for help, Ed.
>
> > LOL! Someone who's asking a question like this had better add a lot
> of time
> > to restore and redo it when they inevitably screw it up!
> >=20
> > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
> > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher
> > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T
> >=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Jason
> > Clishe
> > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:33 AM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Cc: Jason Clishe
> > Subject: RE: Estimated Migration Time
> >=20
> > You mention doing a proposal, and this not being your server. That
> leads me
> > to believe that you are a vendor and this an opportunity with a
> potential
> > (or current) client. Is that correct?
> >=20
> > Jason=20
> >=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Crista
> > Murphy
> > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:39 PM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: RE: Estimated Migration Time
> >=20
> > I've done several inplace upgrades from 5.5 to 2k, and a 5.0 to 5.5
> swing
> > upgrade. They're asking me to put together a proposal on how long it
> would
> > take to do the upgrade. so like the subject said... I'm just looking
> for an
> > estimated time (6 hours... 8 hours... etc) given that I have done
> several
> > inplace migrations and the swing migration is supposed to be smoother.
> >=20
> > [As far as why in goddess' name they're not doing '03 server: Not my
> server
> > and they're just now looking at a 2k upgrade so I'd guess they'd be
> ready
> > for '03 in '07 ;) ]
> >=20
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