Petri
Sat Aug 23 13:52:49 CDT 2003
"Timmy G" <Timmy G@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:u8VkEkPaDHA.2476@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Petri, Thanks for the reply:
>
> A few clarifications to ensure I understand:
>
> Your suggestion #:
> 1. Would you elaborate please....I'm not sure I fully understand what
you
> mean.
I mean that they both exist in the same LAN, but as independent domains.
> 2. What does "over IMAP" mean?
IMAP is a message handling protocol like POP3. The difference is that IMAP
leaves the messages on the server where as POP3 downloads them into the
client. In this case you would have the old Outlook client connect to both
the old and the new server. Old server the exchange way, and the new server
the IMAP way. This lets you copy all the messages from old to new.
> 3. In order to copy home directories from old server over to new, I
guess
> the SBS4.5 and the SBS2K will have to be on the same network together.
> Could they coexist??
Sure they can, as long as you make sure that only one of them is doing DHCP,
and you would probably want to move the ISA functions to the new server
quite early (that is in case you are using ISA).
> Thank you for taking the time.
>
>
> "Petri Suominen" <petri.suominen@pssoft.fi> wrote in message
> news:YOj1b.54$jY6.0@reader1.news.jippii.net...
> > My Suggestion
> >
> > 1) Set up the new network with brand new user accounts, in the same LAN
> > however.
> > 2) Have the users connect from their old Outlooks to the new server over
> > IMAP and copy the messages from there (excellent oppurtunity to do a
> mailbox
> > cleanup as well ;-)
> > 3) On the changeover day, copy the users home directories to the new
> server,
> > replace the workstations and of you go.
> >
> > This gives you one excellent advantage over an upgrade approach.
> >
> > If something goes wrong while doing the SBS2000 part of the
installations,
> > you have a perfectly good SBS4.5 setup that the users can continue to
use
> > while you redo the SBS2000 server.
> >
> >
>
>