Changing Exchange server

[Guest]

Is it possible to create a script that will automate changing all my users
roaming profiles from pointing to ServerB from ServerA. If so, could anyone
give me an example as I do not wish to manually login as all users and change
their settings.

Thanks
Vu

 

[Roady [MVP]]

If this is within the same Exchange Organization you can just use Move
Mailbox. When they connect to the old Exchange server they will
automatically be redirected to the new Exchange server and the profile will
be updated.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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Is it possible to create a script that will automate changing all my users
roaming profiles from pointing to ServerB from ServerA. If so, could anyone
give me an example as I do not wish to manually login as all users and
change
their settings.

Thanks
Vu

 

[Guest]

Hi Roady,

Thank you for the quick response. Just to clarify. When the end users
login and try to open Outlook, will they receive any error messages? Will
they have to enter any information or navigate through a wizard?

Thanks
Vu

 

[Guest]

They shouldn't notice a thing.
However if you have multiple profiles set up on a PC (say for cross-training
purposes), the other mailboxes attached to the other profiles will not be
redirected and you will have to remote into the PC and change this. That
sounds a little confusing so let me explain:
User A uses their own PC at their own desk all the time but will
occasionally fill in for User B on their PC. User A and User B are both
redirected to a new server and all goes well. 6 months later User A has to
fill in for User B on User B's computer. Their Outlook profile on that PC
will have to be redirected from the properties of Outlook to the new server.
Make sense?
--
K. Orland
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form
habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny

Hi Roady,

Thank you for the quick response. Just to clarify. When the end users
login and try to open Outlook, will they receive any error messages? Will
they have to enter any information or navigate through a wizard?

Thanks
Vu

If this is within the same Exchange Organization you can just use Move
Mailbox. When they connect to the old Exchange server they will
automatically be redirected to the new Exchange server and the profile will
be updated.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
Is it possible to create a script that will automate changing all my users
roaming profiles from pointing to ServerB from ServerA. If so, could anyone
give me an example as I do not wish to manually login as all users and
change
their settings.

Thanks
Vu

 

[Guest]

The situation you have described below sounds like the users using local
profiles. I am using roaming profiles as stated in the original question.
Your situation will not apply to my setup will it?

Thanks
Vu

They shouldn't notice a thing.
However if you have multiple profiles set up on a PC (say for cross-training
purposes), the other mailboxes attached to the other profiles will not be
redirected and you will have to remote into the PC and change this. That
sounds a little confusing so let me explain:
User A uses their own PC at their own desk all the time but will
occasionally fill in for User B on their PC. User A and User B are both
redirected to a new server and all goes well. 6 months later User A has to
fill in for User B on User B's computer. Their Outlook profile on that PC
will have to be redirected from the properties of Outlook to the new server.
Make sense?
--
K. Orland
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form
habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny

Hi Roady,

Thank you for the quick response. Just to clarify. When the end users
login and try to open Outlook, will they receive any error messages? Will
they have to enter any information or navigate through a wizard?

Thanks
Vu

If this is within the same Exchange Organization you can just use Move
Mailbox. When they connect to the old Exchange server they will
automatically be redirected to the new Exchange server and the profile will
be updated.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
Is it possible to create a script that will automate changing all my users
roaming profiles from pointing to ServerB from ServerA. If so, could anyone
give me an example as I do not wish to manually login as all users and
change
their settings.

Thanks
Vu

 

[Guest]

You're probably right though I can't say for sure. We never did use roaming
profiles there. Every time a user switched, I had to manually set up the
profile on the next PC.
--
K. Orland
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form
habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny

The situation you have described below sounds like the users using local
profiles. I am using roaming profiles as stated in the original question.
Your situation will not apply to my setup will it?

Thanks
Vu

They shouldn't notice a thing.
However if you have multiple profiles set up on a PC (say for cross-training
purposes), the other mailboxes attached to the other profiles will not be
redirected and you will have to remote into the PC and change this. That
sounds a little confusing so let me explain:
User A uses their own PC at their own desk all the time but will
occasionally fill in for User B on their PC. User A and User B are both
redirected to a new server and all goes well. 6 months later User A has to
fill in for User B on User B's computer. Their Outlook profile on that PC
will have to be redirected from the properties of Outlook to the new server.
Make sense?
--
K. Orland
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form
habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny

Hi Roady,

Thank you for the quick response. Just to clarify. When the end users
login and try to open Outlook, will they receive any error messages? Will
they have to enter any information or navigate through a wizard?

Thanks
Vu


:

If this is within the same Exchange Organization you can just use Move
Mailbox. When they connect to the old Exchange server they will
automatically be redirected to the new Exchange server and the profile will
be updated.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
Is it possible to create a script that will automate changing all my users
roaming profiles from pointing to ServerB from ServerA. If so, could anyone
give me an example as I do not wish to manually login as all users and
change
their settings.

Thanks
Vu

 

[Roady [MVP]]

I think Korland is talking about additional mail profiles instead of the
main Outlook profile they use on a daily basis. The situation will be more
exception than rule. Also when they have additional profiles configured they
probably have done that theirselves and should be able to update it as well.

With Move Mailbox you should be fine. Start with moving 10 - 20 mailboxes or
so. See what happens for yourself, test what brakes for you etc and then
plan further deployment.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
The situation you have described below sounds like the users using local
profiles. I am using roaming profiles as stated in the original question.
Your situation will not apply to my setup will it?

Thanks
Vu

They shouldn't notice a thing.
However if you have multiple profiles set up on a PC (say for
cross-training
purposes), the other mailboxes attached to the other profiles will not be
redirected and you will have to remote into the PC and change this. That
sounds a little confusing so let me explain:
User A uses their own PC at their own desk all the time but will
occasionally fill in for User B on their PC. User A and User B are both
redirected to a new server and all goes well. 6 months later User A has to
fill in for User B on User B's computer. Their Outlook profile on that PC
will have to be redirected from the properties of Outlook to the new
server.
Make sense?
--
K. Orland
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form
habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny

Hi Roady,

Thank you for the quick response. Just to clarify. When the end users
login and try to open Outlook, will they receive any error messages?
Will
they have to enter any information or navigate through a wizard?

Thanks
Vu

If this is within the same Exchange Organization you can just use Move
Mailbox. When they connect to the old Exchange server they will
automatically be redirected to the new Exchange server and the profile
will
be updated.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
Is it possible to create a script that will automate changing all my
users
roaming profiles from pointing to ServerB from ServerA. If so, could
anyone
give me an example as I do not wish to manually login as all users and
change
their settings.

Thanks
Vu

 

[NA]

The situation you have described below sounds like the users using local
profiles. I am using roaming profiles as stated in the original question.
Your situation will not apply to my setup will it?

Try using Outlook Profiler, it should help.....

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Roaming Profiles solves that issue as at logon/logoff setting are retrieved
from/written back to a server.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
You're probably right though I can't say for sure. We never did use roaming
profiles there. Every time a user switched, I had to manually set up the
profile on the next PC.
--
K. Orland
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form
habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny

The situation you have described below sounds like the users using local
profiles. I am using roaming profiles as stated in the original question.
Your situation will not apply to my setup will it?

Thanks
Vu

They shouldn't notice a thing.
However if you have multiple profiles set up on a PC (say for
cross-training
purposes), the other mailboxes attached to the other profiles will not
be
redirected and you will have to remote into the PC and change this. That
sounds a little confusing so let me explain:
User A uses their own PC at their own desk all the time but will
occasionally fill in for User B on their PC. User A and User B are both
redirected to a new server and all goes well. 6 months later User A has
to
fill in for User B on User B's computer. Their Outlook profile on that
PC
will have to be redirected from the properties of Outlook to the new
server.
Make sense?
--
K. Orland
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form
habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny

Hi Roady,

Thank you for the quick response. Just to clarify. When the end
users
login and try to open Outlook, will they receive any error messages?
Will
they have to enter any information or navigate through a wizard?

Thanks
Vu


:

If this is within the same Exchange Organization you can just use
Move
Mailbox. When they connect to the old Exchange server they will
automatically be redirected to the new Exchange server and the
profile will
be updated.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
message
Is it possible to create a script that will automate changing all my
users
roaming profiles from pointing to ServerB from ServerA. If so,
could anyone
give me an example as I do not wish to manually login as all users
and
change
their settings.

Thanks
Vu

 

[Guest]

We have a similar issue here. Users have local profiles, multiple users
using the same PC. We are moving exchange servers, but NOT in the same
organization. How can this be done easily?