Exchange Migration plan for moving forward:
Jun.25, 2009 in
Exchange Servers, Microsoft, Migration
Exchange Migration plan for moving forward:
- Perform Due Diligence on your network via Remote Terminal Service ( Next Week)
- Identify existing components – users, groups, login variables
- Document proposed AD structure
- Project kickoff meeting (Friday)
- Install Windows Server 2003 (Friday Night)
- Install Active Directory (Friday Night)
- Configure, Patch and Connect (Friday Night)
- Review Event Log, resolve any errors (Friday Night)
- Connect AD environment to existing Windows 2000 (Friday Night)
- Identify existing printers (Saturday)
- Identify existing components in Exchange (Saturday)
- Build Exchange, configure, patch(Saturday)
- Install and configure virus software,Spam solution and Fax Software(Saturday)
- Configure OWA in DMZ(Saturday)
- Verify Installation (Saturday)
- Perform Mailbox Move (Saturday)
- Install Outlook 2003 on all desktops. (Saturday – Sunday)
- Review Event Log, resolve any errors (Sunday)
- Setup Test workstation/perform testing (Sunday)
- On-Site to handle any issues with the migration (Monday)
The above steps are only an estimate of work needed to be perform a successful migration. After we perform the Due Diligence Intercore will have a more definite outline in MS Project to fully detail the breadth of work needed to perform the migration . This Due Diligence will identify


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