Question re: OWA 5.5 to 2003 migration

[rcn66]

I am currently running my 5.5 OWA off a stand alone member server with W2K. My Exchange 5.5 is on a separate box running NT 4.0.

Recently, I've upgraded my environment to Exchange 2003 by adding a new Exchange 2003/W2K3 server and moving all mailboxes to this machine.

Am I going to need the exisitng stand alone OWA server or am I going to run OWA directly from the new Exchange 2003 box?

Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[LidoDeJesolo]

You can do either.

We run OWA straight from our 2003 box and it works really well.

I suppose it depends on the predicted load on the server and the hardware spec of your Exchange 2003 box.

Also, if you currently have your OWA 5.5 box in a DMZ or with specific security settings in your firewall, then you may choose to upgrade that box and keep your configs as they are.

Lido
IT Engineer
UK