MonitorWare Knowledge Base

[Samuel]

Could exchange 5.5 be run on windows 2003 domain
controller?

Current configuration:
NT4.0 domain, with windows 2000 member server with
exchange 5.5 installed.

Thank you

[Damon Xu[MSFT]]

Hi Samuel,

According to your post, I understand that you want to migrate a Windows NT 4.0 server with Exchange 5.5 to a Windows 2003 server with Exchange 2000.

Exchange Server 5.5 is also supported to run in a Windows Server 2003
environment. However, Exchange Server 5.5 itself must be installed and run
on either a Windows 2000 Server or Windows NT 4.0 Server-based computer.

The next version of Exchange, code-named "Titanium" (and anticipated for release by mid-2003), can be installed and run on both Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server.

For more information, you may refer to the following articles:
Q810591:XGEN: Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 5.5 Compatibility with Windows 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810591

To migrate Windows NT to Windows 2003, you may refer to the following
whitepaper:
Upgrading from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2 ... s03-2.mspx

Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

You can use the ADMT 2.0 to migrate users, groups, and computers from
Windows NT domain to Windows 2003 domain. For detailed information, you may
refer to the article below:
Q325851:HOW TO: Set Up ADMT for a Windows NT 4.0-to-Windows Server 2003
Migration
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;325851

Hope this helps!

Have a great day!

Sincerely,
Damon Xu
MCSE2000, MCDBA2000