Case Scenario Exercise


Litware, Inc. is a fast-growing software development company. It has acquired several smaller companies over the last year but has been struggling to merge the various messaging platforms of the different companies. Litware, Inc. is running Exchange Server 5.5, but management wants to upgrade to Exchange Server 2003. The Litware, Inc. organization consists of two Exchange Server 5.5 servers, one at each of their two locations. The litwareinc.com domain is running Windows 2000 Server SP2 on all its servers. Exchange Server 5.5 is not connected to Active Directory. The primary Exchange Server system, Server05, has approximately 500 mailboxes and is located at the corporate office. The second server, Server06, has approximately 250 mailboxes and is located at their branch office. Server07 has recently been deployed with Windows 2000 Server SP4 and has been designated as the server to consolidate all mailboxes to.

There is a pressing need to migrate one of the acquired companies, Contoso, Ltd., to the litwareinc.com domain as quickly as possible. Contoso, Ltd. runs Exchange 2000 Server SP3 on Windows 2000 Server SP4 computers in the contoso.com domain. Management wants to eliminate the contoso.com domain altogether.

  • Requirement 1 The first requirement is to upgrade Litware, Inc. to Exchange Server 2003. You need to connect Exchange Server 5.5 to Active Directory, install Exchange Server 2003 into the existing Exchange Server 5.5 organization, and move all of the mailboxes to the new Exchange Server 2003 server. Management also wants all Windows 2000 Server systems upgraded to Windows Server 2003.

  • Requirement 2 The second requirement is to migrate Contoso to the litwareinc.com domain and Exchange Server organization. You must migrate both the user accounts and the mailboxes and then eliminate the contoso.com domain.

Requirement 1

The first requirement involves upgrading the Litware, Inc. Exchange Server 5.5 organization to Exchange Server 2003.

  1. Installing the Exchange Server 2003 version of the ADC requires a minimum of Windows 2000 Server SP3, but all servers except the new Server07 are running SP2. Before installing the ADC, should you update the service pack level to SP4 or simply upgrade to Windows Server 2003, since management wants to upgrade anyway? What influences your decision?

  2. Describe the process for upgrading Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003 at the corporate office.

Requirement 2

The second requirement is to migrate Contoso's user accounts and mailboxes to the litwareinc.com domain and the Litware, Inc. Exchange Server organization and then eliminate the contoso.com domain.

  1. What tool do you use to retain the SIDs while migrating Contoso's user accounts to Litware, Inc., and what do you need to do to migrate the existing user passwords?

  2. After successfully migrating Contoso's existing user accounts to the litwareinc.com domain, what do you need to do prior to running Dcpromo, removing the contoso.com domain, and joining Contoso's servers to the litwareinc.com domain?




MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-284(c) Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003)
MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-284): Implementing and Managing MicrosoftВ® Exchange Server 2003 (Pro-Certification)
ISBN: 0735618992
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 221

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