Upgrading to 2003

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david theilman

Hi:

I have a Windows 2000 AD and Exchange 2000 enviroment. I need to upgrade to
Windows 2003 AD and Exchange 2003. The question is this, should I upgrade
the DC's to 2003 first or upgrade my Exchange 2000 enviroment to Exchange
2003 first? Any advantages to doing it either way?

Thanks in Advance

David
 
Hi,

The best way to do the upgradation is :

When doing an in-place upgrade from Exchange 2000 to 2003, you have to
upgrade to Exchange 2003 first, then update Windows Server 2000 to Windows
2003 Server as Exchange 2000 does not run on Windows 2003 Server (see MS KB
321648 - You Cannot Install Exchange 2000 on a Computer That Is Running
Windows Server 2003 for further information).

Exchange Server requirements:

The server which are to be upgraded should as a minimum be running Windows
Server 2000 with Service Pack 3 and Exchange 2000 Service Pack 3. The
server must at least be a member server (which already should be the case
as we are upgrading from Exchange 2000), because as most of us know
Exchange 2003 is heavily integrated with Active Directory.

Domain requirements:

If your environment are based on a Windows 2000 Active Directory domain,
you should make sure all Domain Controllers as a minimum are running with
Service Pack 3.


Thanks,

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