Is it possible to retore an online backup from a production mail server toanother mail server in atest domain.When I attemptto it tells me that the server I am trying to restor to is not an Exchange server or the services are not running. I recently had to lay off tech staff and he was most familiar with Exchange and now I need to learn how to manipulate the Excahnge server and want to do so in an safe test environment. Any tips would be appreciated. Steve

Hi, Yes, you can build and restore to a recovery server: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813337 Leif

Thank you.

Hi, Leif provided the article is for Exchange 2000. If it is Exchange 2003, please refer to the below one: How to recover or to restore a single mailbox in Exchange Server 2003http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;823176 Thanks Allen