If you're not using an Exchange front-end, you might take this opportunity to create DNS CNAME records like "exchangeIMAP.company.com" and "exchangeSMTP.company.com" that refer to the Exchange server, so the next time you swap out the server all you have to change are a couple of DNS records.
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: re: E2K3 Migration w/Entourage Clients If you were using an Exchange FrontEnd for them to connect their Entourage clients to, you wouldn't need to make any changes. The FE will automatically point them to the correct BackEnd. When used to connect to Exchange "natively" Entourage is a WebDAV client and not IMAP. But even if they were configured as IMAP clients, an FE that handles your OWA/IMAP/etc will automatically redirect the traffic to the right BE. The IMAP portion even works when you have an Exchange 5.5 server on the backend still. If you're using IMAP directly to the BE, you'll want to change the address. Are your clients pointing directly to the BE or an FE? Technically, they'll still work if using the OWA/WebDAV on the old cluster and just retrieving data from the new cluster. However, if the cluster will be decommissioned you'll want to change the URL eventually (I suggest an FE!). Plus an FE works great for any Entourage users who travels. Thanks, James Knoch _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
