hopefully not on the same subnet as was the case with their DNS problems
-----Original Message-----
From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 10:53 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Ex2000 Upgrade strategy
An example I draw upon is at Microsoft. The Microsoft campus with 30,000
mailboxes went from 30 Exchange5.5 servers to 8 Exchange2000 servers.
There was certainly a hardware upgrade in there too, but that is still quite
a savings.
There are also many variables. Type of users, hardware, location of users
(remote vs local).
William
-----Original Message-----
From: David N. Precht
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Sent: 9/9/01 7:41 PM
Subject: RE: Ex2000 Upgrade strategy
what is your average users/server limit (as in your overheard, not MS's)
?
-----Original Message-----
From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 10:33 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Ex2000 Upgrade strategy
There is a supposed cost savings for larger companies in that
Exchange2000
can support more users per server. Fewer server installations for the
same
number of users.
You can't purchase Exchange5.5 anymore. You can, however, purchase
Exchange2000 licenses and run earlier versions.
William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+
-----Original Message-----
From: David N. Precht
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Sent: 9/9/01 7:25 PM
Subject: RE: Ex2000 Upgrade strategy
Side thought :
>From your angles ... what is the cost saving, per license , from 5.5 to
2k ,
on a server and client Basis ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 10:16 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Ex2000 Upgrade strategy
I 2nd that William, just WTF do they want e2k for? Install E55 and tell
em its 2k! How big is the site in Q? Upgrading to 2k is very easy and
straight forward... Why don't they want to upgrade?
jlc
-----Original Message-----
From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 6:38 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Ex2000 Upgrade strategy
So, they don't want to migrate from NT4 to 2000, but you'd create a 2000
domain parallel doubling the work and administration?
These customers that *want* an Exchange2000 server have to look at why
they
want an Exchange2000 server. Are there some features they like? Do
they
just want to be able to say they run Exchange2000?
Some of the greatest benefits are abtained by migrating from NT4 to
Win2000.
The suggestion of trying to deploy Exchange2000 while clinging to the
NT4
domain is at best not clearly thought out and at worst stupid.
Your question by itself suggests some reading would benefit you and your
customers.
www.microsoft.com/exchange
William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+
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