Is it possible to still find Exchange 2003 trial? 2

[MichealC4]

I have need of getting my hands on a copy of Exchange 2003 trial. A search of Microsoft.com shows that it is really hard to find a copy.

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/windowsserversystem/products/exchange/evaluate.mspx

comes up in Google, but the download link is dead.

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[58sniper]

I'm not aware of any place to get that anymore. It's already one version back, and about to be two.

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/

 

[MichealC4]

Yeah, I know it is old, but I don't have a choice in the matter. Let me explain.

I'm participating in a cyber security competition, and we have a Windows 2000 server to defend that runs an Exchange server. Obviously it can't run 2007, so it has to run 2003. To practice and prepare, we are setting up virtual machines with the operating systems and applications we have. So, we need to get our hands on Exchange 2003 somewhere.

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[noveyron]

Get yourself a Microsoft Technet subscription for a couple of hundred dollars, you get access to Exhange 2003 media and keys with it.

It will be just the ticket for what you have in mind, I don't think that you will be in breech of their licencing conditions, but obviously read up on the usage limitations before parting with cash.

 

[58sniper]

Just as an FYI, processing for both TechNet and MSDN subscriptions is taking about 6 weeks right now.

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/

 

[noveyron]

Ah. That may complicate issues, thanks for the info Pat.

120 Day evaluation of Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition available with the 70-284 coursework at Amazon perhaps?

http://www.amazon.com/MCSA-MCSE-Sel...r_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230915246&sr=8-11

 

[MichealC4]

Thanks guys. Sadly I don't have time to wait 6 six weeks as the competition is the 17th. We got our packets a week ago. Gotta love how they give you all this time to prepare.

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[noveyron]

Go with the amazon link Mike

 

[Zelandakh]

Did you go with Amazon?