Is there a way to recover an item from an Exchange 2007 database with Exchange 2010? Our retention policy is 7 years, so even after we upgrade to Exchange 2010, we still need the ability to recover items from the Exchange 2007 database for whatever reason. Is there an easy way to do this? Will Exmerge work? Do I need to re-install Exchange 2007 in a test environement? Thanks. Mike Mike

You will want to keep an Exchange 2007 server around, if in a Hyper-V lab or something like that.-- Ed Crowley MVP"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems.". "Mike9" wrote in message news:9db705d2-a6a0-440d-a5c6-be943f373a7d... Is there a way to recover an item from an Exchange 2007 database with Exchange 2010? Our retention policy is 7 years, so even after we upgrade to Exchange 2010, we still need the ability to recover items from the Exchange 2007 database for whatever reason. Is there an easy way to do this? Will Exmerge work? Do I need to re-install Exchange 2007 in a test environement? Thanks. Mike Mike Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Right ED ! Exchange 2007 Database Portability http://exchangeshare.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/exchange-2007-database-portability/ Moving an Exchange Server 2007 Database between Mailbox Servers:: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Moving-Exchange-Server-2007-database-Mailbox-servers.htmlAnil

Hi, The Exchange 2007 server is necessary in the environment. Thanks Allen