Brand new install of 2007 on domain. Need help configuring.

[Zuke24]

The last time I worked on Exchange, it was Exchange 2000 and it was already installed and configured. I merely had to maintain the users on it.

Now, in my new job, I need to roll out a brand new installation! And from what I understand, 2007 is much more complex than 2000 or 2003.

Installation is complete, did the whole /PrepareAD, Schema, and Domain. Everything installed, but defaulted to domain.local instead domain.com. I was able to fix that.

Then I noticed that it created everyone's email address based upon an automatically produced alias, which was their firstname.lastname. Our addresses have always been firstinitiallastname, so I guess I have to manually change each account.

Now, when trying to connect to my mailbox, I get an "The Bookmark is not Valid" error. The server is not connected to the outside world in any way. OWA doesn't work because the SSL expired.

And I have no idea what to do! ANY help is appreciated. Thank you.

 

[58sniper]

Our addresses have always been firstinitiallastname, so I guess I have to manually change each account.

Won't help. Documentation shows how to fix that.



Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[Zuke24]

Not to sound ungrateful for your answer, but could you point me to which documentation you mean? In my Googling, I've come across a LOT of Exchange documentation.

 

[58sniper]

You should be reading all of the Exchange documentation. There are a LOT of settings you're going to need to set before the environmnent would be ready for production.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124401(EXCHG.80).aspx

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/01/05/432086.aspx

http://www.petri.co.il/defining-exchange-2007-email-address-policy-part-1.htm

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[Davetoo]

Not doubting your capabilities, but you way want to consider hiring a consultant to come in and set it up for you along with a transfer-of-knowledge while they do it. While I was fully capable of doing my Exchange 2007 implementation, I brought someone in just to be sure and, to be honest, was glad that I did considering all the nuances in my situation (existing E2K server).

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[Zuke24]

No offense taken at all! The only problem with a consultant is that it's hard to find a local one for a good price. We are a very small company (I am ALL of I.T.) and the mindset of the executives is "it's cheaper if we can just figure it out."

Working in technology, however, I know full well that "just figure it out" could mean that you're without email for a month. :-S

I'm going to read through those links you sent me, Pat. Thanks!

 

[58sniper]

"it's cheaper if we can just figure it out."

Remind them of that when the system loses all of the data.

And who says it has to be someone local? The in-person aspect is over rated in many instances. You can do everything except physically push the power button via remote solutions. Even on some of my biggest projects, a vast majority of the work is done remotely.

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[Davetoo]

As Pat says...boots-in-the-office days are past us...this can all be done remotely now. For a few hundred dollars you can have someone that can assess your situation and setup the new server seamlessly do it and you get to watch and ask questions and learn from what they've just done.

Unfortunately, when you go to migrate the next time, it will all be different and your knowledge won't matter! But such is technology! ;-)

 

[Zuke24]

I got a consultant in; an hour of fiddling with things and we're in business. The only issue we're still having now is the "Bookmark is invalid" when trying to access the mailbox from outlook. OWA and mobile devices access it fine.

 

[Davetoo]

Google gave me this...any help?

http://forums.msexchange.org/m_1800432565/tm.htm