new hardware Upgrade to 2003 from 2000... all is well...now what?

[mlchris2]

Alright, last week I installed new hardware along with Exchange 2003 on our network with the intent to phase out our 2k/x2000 server. Last night I moved all the mailboxes to the 2003 server and setup Internet mail. I am not sending and recieving all mail through the 2003 server.

I figured i would keep the 2000 server up and running for a few days and then remove it from the network, by performing an uninstall of exchange, then power down.

Can any of you offer advice on what I might need to do before I actually remove exchange from the 2000 server? I might have missed something during the swap.

Also, am I okay if I just uninstall exchange 2000 and then remove the server from the network?

any comments, recommendations and general knowledge assistance will be greatlp appriciated.

thanks



Mark C.
Network Admin - Digital Draw Network

 

[ntinlin]

Have you replicated all the public folders, changed default server for RUS?

Neill

 

[rhoang]

Was the Exch2k box the "1st Exchange server" in the domain? If so, you need to move a few services over to the new exchange box (offline address book, RUS, public folders, etc).

check this link out:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307917

good luck,
rich