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Complete Exchange 2007 Transition Guide

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:00:56 +0000

Over the last few weeks I’ve been releasing my Exchange 2007 Transition Guide as a series of blog posts here on ExchangeServerPro.com. That series is now complete, and you can view them all on the Exchange 2007 Transition Guide page.

This 40 page Exchange Server migration guide is also downloadable as a PDF for offline viewing or printing. Just fill out your name and email address here and you will be sent the download link. Your email address is kept private and never shared with anyone else.

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How to Upgrade Address Lists During Exchange 2007 Migration

Paul Cunningham — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:00:12 +0000

At the end of an Exchange 2007 transition you should upgrade the Address List and Global Address List objects to Exchange 2007 OPath format.

In organisations with only the default Email Address Policy, Address Lists, and Global Address List, you can complete the Exchange upgrade with a script instead of running each command manually.
Download the Exchange Transition Script.

Upgrade the default Address List objects to Exchange Server 2007 OPath format using Set-AddressList.

[PS] C:\> Set-AddressList "All Users" -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers

[PS] C:\> Set-AddressList "All Groups" -IncludedRecipients MailGroups

[PS] C:\> Set-AddressList "All Contacts" -IncludedRecipients MailContacts

[PS] C:\> Set-AddressList "Public Folders" -RecipientFilter { RecipientType -eq 'PublicFolder' }

Upgrade the default Global Address List to Exchange Server 2007 OPath format using Set-GlobalAddressList.

[PS] C:\> Set-GlobalAddressList "Default Global Address List" -RecipientFilter {(
Alias -ne $null -and (ObjectClass -eq 'user' -or ObjectClass -eq 'contact' -or O
bjectClass -eq 'msExchSystemMailbox' -or ObjectClass -eq 'msExchDynamicDistribut
ionList' -or ObjectClass -eq 'group' -or ObjectClass -eq 'publicFolder'))}

If you have any additional custom ALs or GALs you can upgrade them by following the advice at these resources.

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Upgrade Email Address Policies During Exchange 2007 Migration

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:37 +0000

Upgrade the default Email Address Policy to Exchange Server 2007 OPath format using this Exchange Management Shell command.

[PS] C:\> Set-EmailAddressPolicy "Default Policy" -IncludedRecipients AllRecipients

If you have any additional custom EAPs you can upgrade them by following the advice at the Set-EmailAddressPolicy Technet page.

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Remove the Last Exchange 2003 Server from the Organization

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:00:01 +0000

When all data and services have been migrated to Exchange 2007 you can remove the last legacy Exchange server from the organization.

Note that if you have not completed the previous steps in the Exchange 2007 migration you will not be able to remove Exchange 2003 from the server.

Exchange 2003 removal is initiated via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

You will need your Exchange Server 2003 installation media to remove it from the server. The uninstall routine will not allow you to select the Remove action if any of the previous steps have not been completed properly.

When Exchange Server 2003 has been removed you can restart the server and then proceed with decommissioning the host.

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Removing the Recipient Update Service During Exchange 2007 Migration

Paul Cunningham — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:00:15 +0000

Before removing the legacy Exchange server that runs the Recipient Update Service the RUS needs to be removed from the organization. There are at least two Recipient Update Services in an Exchange organization, the Enterprise RUS and the Domain RUS (one per domain). The simplest way to remove them all is using ADSIEdit.msc.

On the Exchange Server 2007 server launch ADSIEdit.msc. Connect to the Configuration Naming Context.

Navigate to CN=Configuration/CN=Services/CN=Microsoft Exchange/CN=First Organization/CN=Address Lists Container/CN=Recipient Update Services. In the middle pane delete each of the Recipient Update Services listed.

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Moving the Public Folder Hierarchy During an Exchange 2007 Migration

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:00:15 +0000

Before removing the last legacy Exchange server from the organization during an Exchange Server 2007 transition you should move the Public Folder hierarchy from the Exchange 2003 Administrative Group to the Exchange 2007 Administrative Group.

Right-click the Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT) and choose New -> Public Folders Container.

Now simply drag the Public Folders tree from the Exchange Server 2003 administrative group to the Exchange Server 2007 administrative group.

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Removing Routing Group Connectors During Exchange 2007 Migration

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:00:51 +0000

When all mailboxes, public folders, and other services have been migrated to Exchange Server 2007 it is time to remove the Routing Group Connectors between the Exchange 2003 routing group and the Exchange 2007 routing group.

If you have Routing Group Connectors that you want to still keep then use Get-RoutingGroupConnector to show all of the RGCs, and then use Remove-RoutingGroupConnector to remove the specific ones you no longer need.

If you simply want to remove all RGCs between Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 (which is common for simple Exchange organizations) you can use this simple Exchange Management Shell command.

[PS] C:\>Get-RoutingGroupConnector | Remove-RoutingGroupConnector -confirm:$false

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Move the Offline Address Book from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:30:03 +0000

Here is a simple Exchange Management Shell command that will move all of your Offline Address Books from the Exchange 2003 OAB generation server to an Exchange 2007 OAB generation server.

[PS] C:\>Get-OfflineAddressBook | Move-OfflineAddressBook -Server EXCH-2007 -confirm:$false

WARNING: Do not turn off public folder publishing for offline address book
(OAB) "\Default Offline Address List" before it is generated on the target
server "EXCH-2007". If you turn off public folder publishing prematurely, the
entire OAB will be downloaded for all users who are associated with this OAB.

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Moving Public Folders from Exchange 2003 to Exchange Server 2007

Paul Cunningham — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:00:39 +0000

On the Exchange Server 2003 server launch Exchange System Manager. Navigate to the Public Folder store on the Exchange Server 2003 server.

Right-click the Public Folder store and select Move All Replicas.

Choose the Exchange Server 2007 server in the drop-down list and click OK to continue.

Click OK to clear the information message and begin the move.

When the Public Folder Instances folder for the store shows no items the public folder migration is complete.

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Moving Mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange Server 2007

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:00:19 +0000

The Exchange Management Console includes a Move Mailbox wizard to migrate user mailboxes from an Exchange 2003 server to a new Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox server.

Before moving any mailbox you should make sure you configure the Mailbox server, configure the Client Access server and migrate Outlook Web Access, and export a list of SMTP addresses for your users.

Launch the Exchange Management Console and navigate to Recipient Configuration/Mailbox. Each of the existing mailbox users in the organization will be visible as a “Legacy Mailbox”.

Mailbox can be moved individually or in batches. Before you begin you may want to think about whether to enable circular logging to prevent transaction logging during the migration from filling up your disks. If you don’t want to move all of the mailboxes at once you can migrate in batches instead.

Select the mailboxes you want to move. Right-click the selection and choose Move Mailbox…

Click Browse and select the Exchange Server 2007 mailbox database as the target. Click OK and then click Next to continue.

Leave the Move Options at their default settings and click Next to continue.

Set the Move Schedule to Immediate. If you want the mailboxes to move at a later time you can set a date and time instead. Click Next to continue.

If you are happy with the summary click Move to begin moving the mailboxes.

The move operation is multi-threaded and will move several mailboxes simultaneously.

When the move has completed check the results and click Finish to close the wizard.

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Exchange Server Pro » Exchange Server 2007 Transition Guide

Complete Exchange 2007 Transition Guide

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