Greetings

Currently i am using Exchange 2007 setup (xyz.com) and it is not published to the internet i.e. only the Domain joined users have access to it and mx records are not hosted for xyz.com

And have hosted solution (abc.com)

Now, I am planning to upgrade the Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 infra. But here my requirement is to use abc.com as the email address domain.

My plan is to migrate and add abc.com in accepted domain. Please suggest if this can be achieved by doing so and if yes, what other changes i need to plan as i want to have the same email address domain (abc.com) having the virtual directories by the same name (mail.abc.com)

Please provide yours inputs.

Thanks

K2

• Edited by K 2 Thursday, April 30, 2015 1:19 PM

The above suggestions looks good when need to upgrade from Exchange to 2013.

Here is a well explained technet blog that covers all the required parts step-wise while doing this : http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2013/07/25/part-1-step-by-step-exchange-2007-to-2013-migration.aspx

Also, I would suggest you to follow Exchange server deployment assistant that is available from Microsoft team and be a good approach for you.

Moreover, while need to migrate users mailboxes between Exchange 2007 and 2013, you may also consider on this automated application(http://www.exchangemigrationtool.com/) that could be a good alternative to accomplish the job without any downtime.

Thanks for the suggestions.

My objective is to completely switch the MX records for abc.com to In-premises from hosted.

And Since, I have only 100 users. I can export/import the pst from abc.com mailboxes.

Now, my requirement is to migrate Exchange 2007(xyz.com) to Exchange 2013.

And use abc.com only as CAS namespace (https://mail.abc.com) and Email address domain (john@abc.com)

Please suggest.