2000 AD Domain with exchange 5.5 to Win2K3 domain.

[Vanessa_14]

Hi I have a 2000 AD domain with exchange 5.5

I urgently need a win2K3 domain.
In a later phase I would like to upgrade to exchange 2003.

But I need first to ad some win2K3 domaincontrollers to it.

Anyone some "best practice tips"?

Thanks

[Jon Finley]

See if these articles help.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325379

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326480

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/winxppro/wxp0528.mspx

Jon

[Tv_3]

Hi thanks I have already been reading al windows white papers concerning this issue.

But I was more looking after some field experience notes.

Anyone done this before?

Known issues encountered?
Somethign to watch out for?
etc...

Thanks all...

[Vanessa_14]

Hi, As TV said,

I'm also looking for some notes from the field.

I'm also more concerned about the Exchange 5.5 migration to a new 2003 Exchange server?

Thanks in advance

[Will Turbeville · Accepted solution]

The upgrade from 2000 AD to 2003 was very simple, and caused no problems for us. The main thing is make sure you upgrade your main DC first.

Now we upgraded from Exch 5.5 to 2k3, and there are alot of issues that we ran across. One of the main things were shared calendar problems and Scheduled resources were gone after the migration.

Planning will be key in the Exchange migration. I will say that the migration to Exchange 2k3 is a lot better than to 2000.

Will