The only issue I've really seen up til now has been with OWA, but with a pf db on an Ex07 box it's at least usable. Either way, I'll be moving the transition of the public folders up on the priority list...
Thanks all! On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Michael B. Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See, I can't answer authoritatively, but I never got the public folder > proxying to work in my test environment. So, your experience matches mine, > but doesn't match the documentation. > > > > I see long-term co-existence of Exchange 2003 and 2007 as being a > opportunity for problems; so I simply don't recommend it; although it's a > fully "supported" configuration. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Alex Fontana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:58 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Accessing Ex2003 Public Folders using Ex2007 SP1 OWA > > > > Update... > > It appears that first bullet is not exactly true, CAS and HT on the same > box is not the culprit. I found the problem to be the lack of a Public > Folder Database....this is where I'm going to ask if anyone knows...on the > mailbox server where the Ex2007 mailbox is homed or on any Ex2007 mailbox > server? > > I currently only have a single Ex2007 SP1 mailbox server in both prod and > test so "where the mailbox is homed" and "any Ex2007 mailbox server" are one > in the same for me. Anyway, created a PF db on the Ex2007 SP1 mbx server, > mounted it, I have stopped getting the pop-up error. Now just waiting for > the Hierarchy to replicate... > > -alex > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Alex Fontana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hopefully someone's run into this... Log into an Ex2007 SP1 mailbox via > Ex2007 SP1 CAS (which also runs the HT role), click on the Public Folder > link and get the error: "Outlook Web Access is unable to open public > folders. If the problem continues contact technical support for your > organization." The public folders are located on an Ex2003 box which is the > default PF store for the Ex2007 Sp1 database where this mailbox is located. > > Found the following at: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb430795(EXCHG.80).aspx<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb430795%28EXCHG.80%29.aspx> > > Exchange 2003 public folders will be available to Exchange 2007 mailboxes > only if the following conditions are true: > > - The server that is hosting the Client Access server role must not > be hosting any other Exchange 2007 server roles. > - The /public and /owa virtual directories must have the same SSL > setting. > - The /public virtual directory has not been renamed. > - SSL is disabled on the home public folder server that is assigned > to the user's mailbox. > > That first bullet of "...must not be hosting any other exchange 2007 > server roles." certainly sounds like the culprit, but I've only heard/read > of issues when the mbx and cas are on the same box. Can anyone confirm? > Everything else checks out. > > Thanks! > -alex > > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
