Dear all, i am looking for a good solution to install a secondary exchange server 2007 in the same domain and after install and configuring, remove the primary from the domain. my primary exchange server is not 100% anymore(hardware problems) and i installed a new VM server with windows 2k3 64bit for the secondary exchange 2007, i cant find any solution to this job, i know about adding the secondary but about promote the secondary to primary and remove the primary from AD is clearly to me yet thx

What exactly do you need to know? The general procedure is: 1. Install new server. 2. Create public folder replicas, allow content to replicate, remove replicas from old server. 3. Move all mailboxes. 4. Move all connectors. 5. Change DNS entries to point everything to new server. 6. Wait a couple of weeks. 7. Shut down old server. 8. Wait a week or two to be sure nothing breaks. 9. Start up old server, remove Exchange.Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Another option could be performing a Physical-to-Virtual-Machine Conversion. Do a search and you'll find step-by-step instructions. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/virtual-machine-manager/vmm-features.aspx VMware vCenter Converter http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/MCTS: Messaging | MCSE: S+M

Install all exchange(2007) server roles on the seconadry exchange server?, Work instruction about create public folders replicas and Work instruction about remove trhe old exchange server from domain thx

You can install all roles on the same server if you want. TechNet has "work instructions". Look there.Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."