RETG Consulting Engagement Process

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Exchange 2000 Migration WorkshopDetailed Design
- Cleanup Existing Exchange System (P2K-0695)

• Oxford 24th January
• E2K team Jim Yarnold

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Identified Items In Exchange 5.5 DS Requiring
Preparation

• Invalid Characters in Org name
• Invalid Characters in Site names
• Distribution List Naming
• Anomalous objects and Resource mailboxes
• Recipient Containers
• Restructuring Containers in Exchange 5.5
• Preparing Exchange 5.5 Rich Information
• Multiple SMTP and Foreign Addresses
• Public Folder Hierarchies
• Restructuring Public Folders
• Public folder ACLs

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Valid Characters

• Organization and site display names can contain
  only the following characters (all other
  characters are invalid)
• A-Z
• a-z
• 0-9
• - (hyphen)
• Spaces are also valid. However, remember that
  parentheses, (), and brackets, , cannot be
  used.

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Invalid Characters in Org and Site name

• Using the Exchange Administrator to correct the
  Organization Name
• Same procedure used for changing Site name

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Distribution List Naming

• DLs in Exchange 5.5 will be converted to UDGs or
  universal mail-enabled groups
• Distribution lists as used by Exchange 5.5 can
  only contain 20 characters or will be truncated
  by the ADC in the AD
• Truncation creates a problem in uniqueness with
  long DLs
• Cahners Denver Exchange Administrators
• Cahners Denver Exchange Managers
• Rename these groups per the naming standards
  document P2K-06892 Define Naming Standards.

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Resource Mailboxes

• Two mailboxes in Exchange 5.5 mapped to one
  Windows NT account now become two separate
  mailbox-enabled user objects in AD
• NTDSNoMatch finds mailboxes with multiple user
  accounts and user accounts with multiple
  mailboxes
• Shared mailboxes will need to be assigned a
  dedicated user account prior to the ADC CA
  implementation

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Recipient Containers

• RCs need to be collapsed for manageable ADC CAs
• RCs should contain like items

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Restructuring Containers in Exchange

• Tools available to help restructure RCs include
• Exchange 5.5 Import/Export Tool
• The Header.exe tool from the Back Office Resource
  Kit 4.5

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Exchange 5.5 Import/Export Tool
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The Header.exe tool
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Preparing Exchange 5.5 Rich Information

• RI needs to be edited to conform to P2K naming
  standards
• Use Import/Export or Header.exe tools for changes
  en masse

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Multiple SMTP and Foreign Addresses

• John.smith_at_Reed_elsevier.co.uk
• Jsmith_at_Reed.com
• faxmaker_at_re.com
• John.smith.who.works.in.oxford_at_Reed.co.uk
• Need to identify and eliminate obsolete external
  or foreign addresses

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TL Public Folder

• Disallow TLPF creation by populating TLPF
  permissions appropriately.

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Restructuring Public Folders
Moving PFs

Desired end result

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Public folder ACLs

• DS/IS consistency checker to remove obsolete user
  accounts from PFs

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Available Tools

• Exchange 5.5 admin import/export
• Header.exe
• NTDSNoMatch
• PFinfo
• ADC checker

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Questions