| Are you planning to migrate legacy mailboxes to Exchange Server 2007? You’ll need to prepare
carefully, and you’ll want to take advantage of a new wizard that streamlines the process |
| Step 1 |
Before you begin, back up your legacy Exchange servers. |
| Step 2 |
Consider upgrading to Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, so users can take
advantage of new features in Exchange 2007 that only work with Outlook
2007. |
| Step 3 |
Prepare your Outlook Web Access (OWA) users for possible delays when
migrating large mailboxes that aren’t sorted by the date messages are received. |
| Step 4 |
Launch the Move Mailbox wizard from the Exchange Management Console. |
| Step 5 |
Use the Move Mailbox wizard to make choices on handling corrupted
messages. |
| Step 6 |
Use the Move Schedule feature in the wizard to schedule the move. The wizard
lets you schedule a move during off hours. You can also set the wizard to abort
tasks after a given number of hours. |
| Step 7 |
After the move is complete, keep your Exchange Server 2003 servers online
for a few weeks, so you can move mailboxes back to them in the rare instances
where performance or compatibility problems arise. |