Exchange Mode and Domain/Forest Functional Mode

11 Oct 2007 7:02 PM

JusTryinTaGetBy

I've done a lot of reading about switching Exchange 2003 mode to Native. I
understand all but one thing: Have not found any reference to whether or not
Exchange mode is dependent on or independent of the Domain and/or Forest
Functional Mode. Thanks in advance.

11 Oct 2007 7:15 PM

Bharat Suneja [MVP]

Exchange Server 2003 mixed or native mode are related to presence of
Exchange 5.5 servers. Don't think there are dependencies on AD Domain/Forest
mode for switching Exchange to native.

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MVP - Exchange
www.zenprise.com
NEW blog location:
exchangepedia.com/blog
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"JusTryinTaGetBy" <JusTryinTaGe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I've done a lot of reading about switching Exchange 2003 mode to Native. I
> understand all but one thing: Have not found any reference to whether or
> not
> Exchange mode is dependent on or independent of the Domain and/or Forest
> Functional Mode. Thanks in advance.

11 Oct 2007 7:29 PM

JusTryinTaGetBy

That's the general conclusion I came to. I've got nervous mgmt. that wants to
see 'authoritative' stuff in writing before letting me pull the trigger, but
I cannot seem to put my hands on an article/whitepaper/deployment guide that
states that. I'm hoping you or some other helpful soul has run across that
type of thing.

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"Bharat Suneja [MVP]" wrote:

> Exchange Server 2003 mixed or native mode are related to presence of
> Exchange 5.5 servers. Don't think there are dependencies on AD Domain/Forest
> mode for switching Exchange to native.
>
> --
> Bharat Suneja
> MVP - Exchange
> www.zenprise.com
> NEW blog location:
> exchangepedia.com/blog
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>
>
> "JusTryinTaGetBy" <JusTryinTaGe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:1FBA53AF-6106-4162-89B1-601C33277A9B@microsoft.com...
> > I've done a lot of reading about switching Exchange 2003 mode to Native. I
> > understand all but one thing: Have not found any reference to whether or
> > not
> > Exchange mode is dependent on or independent of the Domain and/or Forest
> > Functional Mode. Thanks in advance.
>
>