In the live seminars I have delivered this quarter we have walked through a variety of migration scenarios. The one with the most interest seems to be around Exchange migration so I am providing some addition information here.

Here are the basic steps that need to be performed –

BACK IT UP!

Determine Upgrade/Migration Method

Plan your installation/migration

Reduce amount of Exchange 5.5 data to be migrated

Create AD Environment

Establish Trust relationships

Grant appropriate permissions in Exchange 5.5 to allow data migration

Use the Exchange Deployment Tools to verify configuration

Use the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) to migrate user objects

Install/Configure the Active Directory Connector to Sync Exchange 5.5 ß à AD

Use the Exchange Deployment Tools to install Exchange 2003

Use PFMIGRATE to migrate Public Folders

Use the Move Mailbox Wizard to move Mailboxes to Exchange 2003

Clean up/Decommission Exchange 5.5 Install

For more detailed information –

The content for the live session comes from our most excellent TechNet site –

Upgrading Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003

The live session has also been presented as a 3 part webcast series which has been archived online –

            Part 1               Part 2               Part 3

This should provide an excellent set of resources if you are planning on doing this type of upgrade or migration. Feel free to email me via the Blog links if you need additional information.

Have a Great Weekend!