Microsoft KB Archive/300129

= XADM: How to Establish Mail Flow and Directory Replication Between Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange 2000 =

PSS ID Number: 300129

Article Last Modified on 9/19/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

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This article was previously published under Q300129



SUMMARY
This article describes how to use the &quot;bootstrap&quot; method to install Exchange 2000. This procedure establishes mail flow and directory replication between Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange 2000 computers that exist in separate sites but are in the same organization. Do not use this article as a deployment guide. This procedure uses a site connector for mail flow.

Note Microsoft does not recommend performing a &quot;bootstrap&quot; installation of Exchange 2000. The preferred method of installing Exchange 2000 is to join an existing Exchange Server 5.5 site. If you have to create a new Administrative Group for an Exchange 2000 installation, first install Exchange Server 5.5, install Exchange 2000, and then join the existing Exchange Server 5.5 site.

If the Exchange Server computers are not in the same domain, you can use the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article as a workaround:

154624 XCON: Configuring the Site Connector Between Untrusted Domains

However, a better solution might be to use a SMTP connector for mail flow.



MORE INFORMATION
To establish mail flow and directory replication between Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange 2000:  Install Exchange 2000:  Install the Exchange 2000 Active Directory Connector (ADC); do not create Connection Agreements. Run Exchange 2000 Setup; use the /forestprep parameter. When you are prompted, click Create a New Organization; do not join the existing organization. Use the same organization name as your Exchange Server 5.5 organization. After Forestprep finishes, run Setup again and complete the installation of Exchange 2000.</ol> </li> Configure the Site Replication Service (SRS): <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Make sure that you can view routing and administrative groups in Exchange System Manager; right-click the organization name, and then click Properties. Click to select both check boxes to make these views available.</li> In Exchange System Manager, locate the Tools\Site Replication Services folder.</li> Right-click the Site Replication Services folder, click New, and then click Site Replication Service.</li> When you are prompted, click the Exchange Server 5.5 service account, and then type the password for the Exchange Server 5.5 service account.</li></ol> </li> Configure the ADC Connection Agreement between Exchange Server 5.5 and Active Directory: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> In Active Directory Users and Computers, create a new organizational unit (OU). Name this OU &quot;55 Users.&quot;</li> Start ADC Manager, right-click Active Directory Connector, and then click New Recipient Connection Agreement.</li> Name the Connection Agreement &quot;5.5 Mailbox CA,&quot; and then click Two-way for the replication direction.</li> Click the Connection tab. Under Windows Server Information, type the name of a Microsoft Windows 2000 domain controller in the Server box. Connect by using a domain administrator account.</li> Under Exchange Server Information, type the name of the Exchange Server 5.5 computer. Connect by using an Exchange Server 5.5 service account.</li> Click the Schedule tab, and then click Always.</li> Click the From Exchange tab, click Add, and then select the Exchange Server 5.5 recipients containers from which you want to replicate.</li> Click Modify, and then click the 5.5 Users OU.</li> Click the From Windows tab, click Add, and then click the Exchange Server 5.5 OU.</li> Click Modify, and then click the Exchange Server 5.5 recipients container.</li></ol> </li> <li>Create a Connection Agreement between Active Directory and SRS: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>Create a new two-way Recipients Connection Agreement named &quot;SRS.&quot;</li> <li>Click the Connections tab, and then use the same entries for the Windows server information that you used to configure the Connection Agreement in step 3.</li> <li>For Exchange Server information, type the name of the Exchange 2000 server that is running the SRS, and then change the port number to 379. Connect by using the Exchange Server 5.5 service account (the same account that you used in step 2d).</li> <li>Click the Schedule tab, and then click Always.</li> <li>Click the From Windows tab, click Add, and then add the Users OU and any other OUs that contain user accounts. Click Modify, and then click the Exchange 2000 SRS Recipients container.</li> <li>Click the From Exchange tab, click Add, and then add the Recipients container. Click Modify, and then click the Users container.</li></ol> </li> <li>Configure the Site Connector and the Directory Replication Connector: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>Start the Exchange Server Administrator program on the Exchange Server 5.5 computer. On the File menu, click New Other, and then click Site Connector. When you are prompted, type the Exchange 2000 server name.</li> <li>When you are prompted with a &quot;Should a site connector be created in the remote site&quot; message, click Yes. Note that you can ignore any messages that request that you confirm that the service account has the required permissions.</li> <li>In the Exchange Server Administrator program, click New Other on the File menu, and then click Directory Replication Connector.</li> <li>When you are prompted, type the Exchange 2000 server name. Click OK to create the connector.</li> <li>In the Exchange Server Administrator program, click to expand the Organization container, expand the Site container, expand the Configuration container, and then expand Servers. Click the Exchange Server 5.5 computer that you created the Directory Replication Connector on, and then click Check Now.</li></ol> </li></ol>

The remote site should now be displayed in the Exchange Server 5.5 Exchange Server Administrator program. If you use the Exchange Server 5.5 Exchange Server Administrator program to connect to the SRS on the Exchange 2000 server, the remote site should be displayed. You must allow time for replication to occur. You can monitor this by using the Exchange Server Administrator program. At some point, the remote site should be fully populated.

Note that you cannot view the recipient container when you use the Exchange Server 5.5 Exchange Server Administrator program against the SRS. Instead, look at the Global Address List or server recipients.

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