Comments on: Lessons Learned About Exchange Server 2007 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/ The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-35249 slowe Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:00:09 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-35249 Randy, I'm glad that the site has proven to be useful to you. Spread the word! Randy,

I’m glad that the site has proven to be useful to you. Spread the word!

]]> By: Randy Maltbie http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-35229 Randy Maltbie Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:17:25 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-35229 It seemingly took forever, but I am sooooo glad I found this blog. I was having difficulty installing the CA role and was makeing one last ditch effort before calling Microsoft. I dumped AD as you described and found that a removed (the corrrect way too) Exchange 2K3 server was still the default offline address book server. I removed it and all is well. Great work Scott! Thanks Randy It seemingly took forever, but I am sooooo glad I found this blog. I was having difficulty installing the CA role and was makeing one last ditch effort before calling Microsoft. I dumped AD as you described and found that a removed (the corrrect way too) Exchange 2K3 server was still the default offline address book server. I removed it and all is well.

Great work Scott!

Thanks

Randy

]]> By: Blah..Blah..Blog http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34099 Blah..Blah..Blog Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:49:01 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34099 <strong>Exchange 2007 Lessons....</strong> Scott Lowe has a good article here describing some of the obsticles he ran into while installing Microsoft Exchange 2007 This will be helpful if I decide to stick with Exchange and upgrade to the 2007 release. ...... Exchange 2007 Lessons….

Scott Lowe has a good article here describing some of the obsticles he ran into while installing Microsoft Exchange 2007
This will be helpful if I decide to stick with Exchange and upgrade to the 2007 release.
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]]> By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34037 slowe Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:13:11 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34037 SK, You *MUST* deploy Active Directory if you are going to use Exchange Server 2007. You don't have any options--Exchange is heavily integrated into Active Directory and requires Active Directory in order to operate. There are ways to integrate your non-Windows systems into Active Directory--just have a look around this site and I'm sure you'll find some information that would be helpful. :) Good luck! SK,

You *MUST* deploy Active Directory if you are going to use Exchange Server 2007. You don’t have any options–Exchange is heavily integrated into Active Directory and requires Active Directory in order to operate.

There are ways to integrate your non-Windows systems into Active Directory–just have a look around this site and I’m sure you’ll find some information that would be helpful. :)

Good luck!

]]> By: sk http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34036 sk Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:18:36 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34036 Hi, Sorry anot the err, I meant courier on postfix. Thanks Hi,
Sorry anot the err, I meant courier on postfix.

Thanks

]]> By: sk http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34035 sk Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:12:59 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34035 Hi, I am migrating from postfix and unix enviornment to exchange 2007. Is it worth it to keep the openLDAP or just switch to AD. How about moving mailboxes? any advice on tools like exmerge? Thanks Hi,
I am migrating from postfix and unix enviornment to exchange 2007. Is it worth it to keep the openLDAP or just switch to AD.

How about moving mailboxes? any advice on tools like exmerge?

Thanks

]]> By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34002 slowe Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:54:33 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-34002 Erik, Well, I *do* have OWA running now, and thankfully it seems to work well, even with it running on a dedicated server running only the Client Access server role. It seems that once you get Exchange 2007 up and running, it runs well--but getting there is a real challenge. Erik,

Well, I *do* have OWA running now, and thankfully it seems to work well, even with it running on a dedicated server running only the Client Access server role. It seems that once you get Exchange 2007 up and running, it runs well–but getting there is a real challenge.

]]> By: Erik LaBianca http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-33998 Erik LaBianca Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:21:59 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-33998 Yeah, all I can figure is they must have had some serious marketing pressure to get it out the door. I've never seen a product with so much discrepancy between first RTM and SP1, although I was lucky enough to avoid most of the weirdness with the initial install. Now that I think of it, I don't think i have OWA running yet though =P Yeah, all I can figure is they must have had some serious marketing pressure to get it out the door. I’ve never seen a product with so much discrepancy between first RTM and SP1, although I was lucky enough to avoid most of the weirdness with the initial install. Now that I think of it, I don’t think i have OWA running yet though =P

]]> By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-33984 slowe Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:22:20 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-33984 Erik, It's not necessarily that Exchange Server 2007 is a half-baked product as it is that there seem to be so many little "gotchas" about installing it. I guess it's a matter of whether the glass is half full or half empty. Can't Microsoft write an installer that checks for the presence of certain hotfixes or patches and installs them if they're needed? Why create a long list of specific patches that need to be installed before you can install Exchange Server itself? Erik,

It’s not necessarily that Exchange Server 2007 is a half-baked product as it is that there seem to be so many little “gotchas” about installing it. I guess it’s a matter of whether the glass is half full or half empty. Can’t Microsoft write an installer that checks for the presence of certain hotfixes or patches and installs them if they’re needed? Why create a long list of specific patches that need to be installed before you can install Exchange Server itself?

]]> By: Erik LaBianca http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-33982 Erik LaBianca Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:34:11 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/31/lessons-learned-about-exchange-server-2007/#comment-33982 You're not alone. Exchange Server 2007 is a seriously half-baked product. Everywhere you turn in the KB and docs there are references to how to configure things via GUI in SP1, with an afterthought thrown in that if you are running the RTM (still the only production release) that you'll have to dig around in the shell to do it. I spent a good week moving my simple Exchange 2003 setup to Exchange 2007, after thinking it would just 'be nice to be on the new version since I'm going to have to reinstall anyway'. Other gotcha's are that you have to hack and slash to install public folders manually and edit AD directly to mail enable them, the smtp mail transport configuration is pretty strange, in that by default it doesn't want to accept standards based, non-authenticated smtp, and any sort of folder permissions delegation is a shell-only command. Plus, installing IMAP and POP takes a bunch of poking around The good news is that once you get it running, it seems to be well thought-out product with respect to security and spam-resistance, and even standards compliance. You’re not alone. Exchange Server 2007 is a seriously half-baked product. Everywhere you turn in the KB and docs there are references to how to configure things via GUI in SP1, with an afterthought thrown in that if you are running the RTM (still the only production release) that you’ll have to dig around in the shell to do it.

I spent a good week moving my simple Exchange 2003 setup to Exchange 2007, after thinking it would just ‘be nice to be on the new version since I’m going to have to reinstall anyway’.

Other gotcha’s are that you have to hack and slash to install public folders manually and edit AD directly to mail enable them, the smtp mail transport configuration is pretty strange, in that by default it doesn’t want to accept standards based, non-authenticated smtp, and any sort of folder permissions delegation is a shell-only command. Plus, installing IMAP and POP takes a bunch of poking around

The good news is that once you get it running, it seems to be well thought-out product with respect to security and spam-resistance, and even standards compliance.

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