Transition testing
2010 std is installed and updated with SP1 after some difficulties. We are still using 2003 std and once all the toolbox tools and other functions work I'd like to start transitioning. I am currently having a problem when RBAC tool link or any of the other web based tools. When I click on them and attempt to login I am denied as a domain Admin. Error states.... Your mailbox can't be accessed using the address you entered. To obtain the correct address, please contact your helpdesk. This is an IIS 7 issue, however I have tried to set the IIS --> ECP -- Authentication --> Edit Basic Auth --> Default domain and I'm not getting anywhere. Can someone point me in the right direction so I can proceed with testing and continue testing? Thanks, Clindell
February 10th, 2011 6:54pm

Do you have a mailbox on the Exchange 2010 server? If not, then I would start there. Confirm that works correctly. It could be that you have a bad installation, but until you go through the basics it is hard to say. Have a test user on the server, confirm you can login and start the Exchange management tool. If you have changed anything from the default, such as URLs for the web services, that they resolve to the server and not elsewhere. Simon.Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.
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February 10th, 2011 7:00pm

Do you have a mailbox on the Exchange 2010 server? If not, then I would start there. Confirm that works correctly. It could be that you have a bad installation, but until you go through the basics it is hard to say. Have a test user on the server, confirm you can login and start the Exchange management tool. If you have changed anything from the default, such as URLs for the web services, that they resolve to the server and not elsewhere. Simon. Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me. No email, nothing on the 2010 server, all Exchange services are running on the 03 box. right now. I could setup a test user, however I chose not to go there yet as I wanted the tools functional first. If I cannot use the tools or gain access to them as a Domain Admin I feel I need to get them right before testing mailboxes.
February 10th, 2011 7:01pm

Hello.... Any updated suggestions? Thanks
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February 11th, 2011 1:05pm

Hi Cjlindell, Please use a mailbox on the exchange 2010 server, and has proper permission. Regards! GavinPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
February 17th, 2011 2:19am

Due to the way that Exchange 2010 works, you need to use an account that is located on the Exchange 2010 server. If you login with another account, that is on the Exchange 2003 server, then it is going to try and redirect you. I also think that you are going about it the wrong way. You need to test the basic functionality first, before moving to the tools and advanced functionality around management. Simon.Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.
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February 17th, 2011 11:37am

Due to the way that Exchange 2010 works, you need to use an account that is located on the Exchange 2010 server. If you login with another account, that is on the Exchange 2003 server, then it is going to try and redirect you. I also think that you are going about it the wrong way. You need to test the basic functionality first, before moving to the tools and advanced functionality around management. Simon. Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me. I moved an Admin account over and then I was able to use tools as that provided the necessary login. I had not concluded nor does it make sense to run any tools you must have a mailbox on the server. What happens if a problem were to occur and any tools are unable to locate an account or mailbox? It seems you would not be able to continue, correct? From an Administrative perspective an Admin should be able to login to a system based on rights and abilities that are not tied to where the mailbox resides. I suspect others have questioned this wisdom! As far as testing or basic functionality, its like the chicken or the egg, which one first? I suppose it's how you look at it. From my perspective basic functionality should be possible once the 2010 server is installed and in place.
February 17th, 2011 12:10pm

The Exchange management model has changed. I have tried to explain this to you in your other question about the use of EMC and ESM. Exchange management is now independent to domain management. You can have rights in one and not in the other. Therefore being domain admin is no longer enough. If your mailbox is mail enabled it needs to be on the Exchange 2010 server so that it picks up the Exchange 2010 management permissions. There are multiple ways to manage Exchange, including EMS. I don't think it possible to be completely locked out. You are just looking at the web interface, which is a tiny part of the Exchange model. As for basic functionality testing, Exchange should work straight out of the box. That should mean you can start EMC, create a test user and login. Using ECP etc I don't consider to be basic functionality and is something that is a long way down my list of confirming the installation is working correctly. Simon.Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.
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February 17th, 2011 1:59pm

The Exchange management model has changed. I have tried to explain this to you in your other question about the use of EMC and ESM. Exchange management is now independent to domain management. You can have rights in one and not in the other. Therefore being domain admin is no longer enough. If your mailbox is mail enabled it needs to be on the Exchange 2010 server so that it picks up the Exchange 2010 management permissions. There are multiple ways to manage Exchange, including EMS. I don't think it possible to be completely locked out. You are just looking at the web interface, which is a tiny part of the Exchange model. As for basic functionality testing, Exchange should work straight out of the box. That should mean you can start EMC, create a test user and login. Using ECP etc I don't consider to be basic functionality and is something that is a long way down my list of confirming the installation is working correctly. Simon. Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me. The Exchange management model has changed...... YES Exchange management is now independent to domain management. You can have rights in one and not in the other.....YES, understood. Don't like it but that's the way it is. You are just looking at the web interface, which is a tiny part of the Exchange model.... YES, I Am also aware of the Exchange Power Shell. Using ECP did not work since there was no user account affiliated with the 2010 server. There were some items I felt needed verification, perhaps I could have checked much more via EPS but I am not fully versed in it yet or the many scripts available for it. I still have a lot of testing and can do so now.
February 17th, 2011 3:22pm

Hi, As Simon writes there are a lot of changes and I do read that you are aware of it as well. I would recommend looking at the Exchange Management Console for startes, looking around in that also gives you insight in what kind of Management Shell command there are. When you are well familier with the EMC and EMS I would start looking arround in the webbased control panel. I would say that the webbased is more enduser management of deletegated roles, so in my mind that is some of the last parts to deal with in a migration/transition. /MartinExchange is a passion not just a collaboration software.
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February 17th, 2011 4:41pm

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