Laura,
We have recently gone through this procedure and it is not as painful as you
would expect...The ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) is the way to go
if you the target domain is going to be in native mode and if you Google
ADMT NT 4.0 - 2003 migration you get all sorts of information, heres a bit
to start you off.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=325851product=winsvr2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/profwin/pw0402.mspx
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/exchange2003/exchange_2003_ADMT.htm
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/Migrating_Windows_NT_to_
Windows_Server_2003.html
If however you are like us and are not able to goto native mode you can do
an NT4 - 2003 upgrade which is a fairly painless procedure:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=326209product=winsvr2003
The Exchange part is pretty interesting however and you can do an in-place
upgrade utilising an AD connector...:
One Option:
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6268_11-5268995-2.html
Another:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=77B6D819-C7B3-42D1-
8FBB-FE6339FFA1EDdisplaylang=en
Some Ideas:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Email_Groupware/Exchange_Server/Q
_20801908.html
This should keep you out of trouble I can give you more info specific to not
using ADMT if you wish.
James
-Original Message-
From: Hunter, Laura E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 6 August 2004 12:18 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Exchange 5.5 to 2003 upgrade/migration
So I may be inheriting a new network that needs to do the 5.5 on NT4 to
2003 on 2003 shuffle. Your basic Google search returns any number of
resources, obviously; but what does my favourite group of smart people
have to say? Recommended Books/FAQs/Blogs/Sites that will make me not
want to kill myselfquite as much?
*
Laura E. Hunter
MCT, MCSE: Security, MVP - Windows Networking
Senior IT Specialist
University of Pennsylvania
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