Posted Wed, 10/06/2004 - 10:34 by metarobert
We've recently ("we" being where I work) finished getting an Exchange
2003 server added to our Exchange 5.5 infrastructure. Installing the
new version, at a glance, appears simple. We are a part of a larger
enterprise, and are a site in the Exchange org, so could not install
without using ADC's (Active directory connectors.) They are confusing
at the outset, but are acutally simple. Care must be taken, though, to
replicate the right LDAP entries, and to replicate them to an approprite
place. It also turns out the installation of Exchange may not be
simple. If all goes well, your AD design is simple, and the installer
is an Enterprise Admin, then it tends to be simple. The ADC
installation, though, must be in the root domain, hmmm. It's running
fine, though. Some initial hiccups regarding strange security settings
and some apparent glitches in the Exchange 5.5 LDAP/ACL Security. OWA
2003 is nice, the server is running, now we just need to move a pilot
group in. Oddly, we upset the enterprise folks as they saw this as an
offense to their takeover dreams. Oh, the politics.