Re: Migrate Outlook 2002/Exchange 2000 to Outlook 2007/Exchange 2007

First, you shouldn't run Outlook on your Exchange/SBS server. Second, you'll
need to log in as the individual user whose PST files you're importing, and
you can't log in as a regular user on the SBS server. And you certainly do
NOT want to make all your SBS users administrators for the domain!

Once SBS 2k8 is in production, have each user import their own PST files
from their local workstation.

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"Pabs" <> wrote in message
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> Hi, I'm planning for a SBS 2000 to SBS 2008 migration and have a
> question about Outlook. Currently we are running Outlook 2002 with
> Exchange 2000 on SBS 2000. My plan is to do an Outlook export of all
> the current Outlook 2002 emails to individual .pst files (can't do
> Exmerge due to space constraints on our C drive). Then I thought to
> import the .pst files to Outlook 2007 on the workstations (after I
> install Outlook 2007 on them, they now have Outlook 2002). BTW:I have
> the new SBS 2008 server with Exchange 2007 up but not in production
> just yet. Question: can I do the import of the Outlook 2002 emails now
> on the new SBS 2008 server (I have a single copy of Outlook 2007 on
> it) or wait til we have upgraded everyones workstations to Outlook
> 2007 and do it then by importing into Outlook 2007 on each
> workstation(after I have joined the new SBS 2008 server). Keep in mind
> I would like to use the Outlook 2007 unicode format after the
> migration. Any recommendations are appreciated. Thanks!
>

Further to Charlie's recomendations, you can save some moving around and
do it all from one station if you create a profile for each user on that
station. Login as User1, create OL profile as User1, connect to User1 exchange
mailbox, export/copy out to pst. Login as User2, rinse, lather, repeat.

After the new exchange is on line and the users in place, reverse the move
to the new exchange mailbox.

Just be sure you make separate folders on that station or external drive
or whatever to hold each users mail/pst file, or you will have a mell of
a hess at the end.

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> First, you shouldn't run Outlook on your Exchange/SBS server. Second,
> you'll need to log in as the individual user whose PST files you're
> importing, and you can't log in as a regular user on the SBS server.
> And you certainly do NOT want to make all your SBS users
> administrators for the domain!
>
> Once SBS 2k8 is in production, have each user import their own PST
> files from their local workstation.
>
> "Pabs" <> wrote in message
> news:871043e6-eba8-4882-a017-.
> ..
>
>> Hi, I'm planning for a SBS 2000 to SBS 2008 migration and have a
>> question about Outlook. Currently we are running Outlook 2002 with
>> Exchange 2000 on SBS 2000. My plan is to do an Outlook export of all
>> the current Outlook 2002 emails to individual .pst files (can't do
>> Exmerge due to space constraints on our C drive). Then I thought to
>> import the .pst files to Outlook 2007 on the workstations (after I
>> install Outlook 2007 on them, they now have Outlook 2002). BTW:I
>> have the new SBS 2008 server with Exchange 2007 up but not in
>> production just yet. Question: can I do the import of the Outlook
>> 2002 emails now on the new SBS 2008 server (I have a single copy of
>> Outlook 2007 on it) or wait til we have upgraded everyones
>> workstations to Outlook 2007 and do it then by importing into Outlook
>> 2007 on each workstation(after I have joined the new SBS 2008
>> server). Keep in mind I would like to use the Outlook 2007 unicode
>> format after the migration. Any recommendations are appreciated.
>> Thanks!
>>