I am not sure if this is the right group and I appoligize for the
cross post but I am really in need of some .
I stepped into a site that needs to upgrade the hardware and software
of their current Domain. The hardware is ancient (9+ years old) and
nearly completely out of resources.
Here is the role of the server OMG
It is the PDC,
It has Exchange on it (with only a few accounts but it is the 'front
end' server for our other main Exchange server - which has all of our
accounts on it)
It also has ISA 2004 which controls all access to our network
- that access includes access to our Web Server with 6 web sites (all
public 3 of them with web services applications that access our SQL
dbase located on another separate Server. )
VPN and FTP services
We will be adding a hardware solution for the firewall/access very
soon - Cisco 5520. So I can get away with worrying about that later.
But after going through all my books and searching groups and online I
am having trouble finding the 'true/best' path procedure to take.
I figured I would get the new server in (Win2k3 Server Ent.)
1. Join the new machine to the existing domain as a member server
adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep
make sure DNS is installed and working
make the new machine a global catalog server
install DHCP, Terminal Services, RRAS, Certificate services etc.
But what about Exchange and ISA.
Is it possible to install Exhange and ISA and 'restore' the 'old'
stores (Exhange) and import the old ISA config back up - Temporarily
of course; the new fire wall should be available in a few months.
Should I install Exchange 2003 and ISA 2006? And if I do what issues
with there be with the existing Exhange 2000 mail server (main mail
stores) and with ISA access - vpn, terminal services, and most
importantly web services and ftp access.?
I hope some one could steer me in the right direction.
Please post here.

Hello Buttnuts,

See your posting in microsoft.public.windows.server.general and please do
not multipost, use crossposting with a newsreader, so anybody can follow
the complete problem.

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> I am not sure if this is the right group and I appoligize for the
> cross post but I am really in need of some .
> I stepped into a site that needs to upgrade the hardware and software
> of their current Domain. The hardware is ancient (9+ years old) and
> nearly completely out of resources.
> Here is the role of the server OMG
> It is the PDC,
> It has Exchange on it (with only a few accounts but it is the 'front
> end' server for our other main Exchange server - which has all of our
> accounts on it)
> It also has ISA 2004 which controls all access to our network
> - that access includes access to our Web Server with 6 web sites (all
> public 3 of them with web services applications that access our SQL
> dbase located on another separate Server. )
> VPN and FTP services
> We will be adding a hardware solution for the firewall/access very
> soon - Cisco 5520. So I can get away with worrying about that later.
> But after going through all my books and searching groups and online I
> am having trouble finding the 'true/best' path procedure to take.
> I figured I would get the new server in (Win2k3 Server Ent.)
> 1. Join the new machine to the existing domain as a member server
> adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep
> make sure DNS is installed and working
> make the new machine a global catalog server
> install DHCP, Terminal Services, RRAS, Certificate services etc.
> But what about Exchange and ISA.
> Is it possible to install Exhange and ISA and 'restore' the 'old'
> stores (Exhange) and import the old ISA config back up - Temporarily
> of course; the new fire wall should be available in a few months.
> Should I install Exchange 2003 and ISA 2006? And if I do what issues
> with there be with the existing Exhange 2000 mail server (main mail
> stores) and with ISA access - vpn, terminal services, and most
> importantly web services and ftp access.?
> I hope some one could steer me in the right direction.
> Please post here.