Hi, I understand that upgrading the OS to Windows 2008 is not an option with Exchange 2007 SP1. I was wondering, is it possible to use to /recoverserver switch to reinstall exchange 2007 on a windows 2008 server (with of course the same name and ip address) ? Or will this causeproblems ? Regards, Franc.

Franc: just wondering, did you ever get an answer or did you try it out? Thx, Marcus.

Hi, according to official MS documentation it's not supported.So I didn't even try it. Franc.

Yes, I did note that in the documentation as well. Not supported doesn't mean it won't work though - was just wondering if anyone had tried it or if there were any specific reasons other than it hasn't been tried before. Thx again. Marcus.

Hi, yes I understand but since I don't have a lab environment I didn't want to take the risk on doing it on our production server. Maybe a third party is making a tool to do the work, since it's quite a hassle when following MS guidelines... Franc.

Guys, Microsoft says "Setup /m:RecoverServer cannot be used across operating systems. A server that was originally running WindowsServer2003 can be recovered only on WindowsServer2003, and a server that was originally running WindowsServer2008 can be recovered only on WindowsServer2008." Understanding Setup /M:RecoverServer