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Moving Outlook users from Exchange 2003 to 2007
Hi there,
I will be moving users from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. On the back end, this simply involves moving the mailbox. However, what is the right approach to use on the user's Outlook client? Does this require deleting the OST file, or creating a new profile altogether, or simply changing the Exchange Server name in the existing Outlook profile? Are the combination of Outlook and Exchange smart enough to re-sync using the pre-existing OST, or will that cause problems? Thanks, - Earl |
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Moving Outlook users from Exchange 2003 to 2007
Unless something has changed, after a mailbox is moved, Outlook
automagically figures this out and connects to the right server, no additional effort required. The existing .OST should sync without issue unless the Outlook profile is deleted/re-created which will orphan it. No client attention was necessary when we moved from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX www.kvoa.com -- KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.comcom "Earl E" Earl wrote in message ... Hi there, I will be moving users from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. On the back end, this simply involves moving the mailbox. However, what is the right approach to use on the user's Outlook client? Does this require deleting the OST file, or creating a new profile altogether, or simply changing the Exchange Server name in the existing Outlook profile? Are the combination of Outlook and Exchange smart enough to re-sync using the pre-existing OST, or will that cause problems? Thanks, - Earl |
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Moving Outlook users from Exchange 2003 to 2007
It does automatically figure it out. Thanks.
Earlier, it looked like this auto reconfiguration feature wasn't working. However, I simply wasn't giving AD enough time to replicate the changes so that Outlook could figure it out. Today, I moved a user, waited a few minutes for things to ripple through, and then reconnected with Outlook, and voila! Outlook found the new Exchange 2007 server and was happy. Thanks again, - Earl "Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]" wrote: Unless something has changed, after a mailbox is moved, Outlook automagically figures this out and connects to the right server, no additional effort required. The existing .OST should sync without issue unless the Outlook profile is deleted/re-created which will orphan it. No client attention was necessary when we moved from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX www.kvoa.com -- KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.comcom "Earl E" Earl wrote in message ... Hi there, I will be moving users from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. On the back end, this simply involves moving the mailbox. However, what is the right approach to use on the user's Outlook client? Does this require deleting the OST file, or creating a new profile altogether, or simply changing the Exchange Server name in the existing Outlook profile? Are the combination of Outlook and Exchange smart enough to re-sync using the pre-existing OST, or will that cause problems? Thanks, - Earl |
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