Microsoft KB Archive/328287

= How To Prevent Permissions Problems When You Migrate Public Folders to Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 =

Article ID: 328287

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q328287



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 * SUMMARY
 * Prevent Permissions Problems When Migrating Public Folders
 * REFERENCES



SUMMARY
This article describes how to prevent permissions problems when you migrate public folders to Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003.

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Prevent Permissions Problems When You Migrate Public Folders
Consider the following scenario: A system administrator adds a new server running Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 to an organization, and then replicates public folders from a server running Exchange Server 5.5 to the new server. Users report that public folders have disappeared. What occurred?

Most likely, one of the users specified on the Exchange Server 5.5 public folder access control list (ACL) does not exist in Microsoft Active Directory directory service. When the server running Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 searches for the user in Active Directory and does not find the account, it adds only the folder owner to the public folder permissions and omitted all others. As a result, no one but the folder owner can gain access to the public folder.

To prevent this, run the Directory Service/Information Store (DS/IS) consistency adjuster that comes with Exchange Server 5.5 before you replicate Exchange Server 5.5 public folders to the servers running Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003. The DS/IS consistency adjuster removes users who do not have accounts in Active Directory from the public folder permissions lists. Run DS/IS consistency adjuster on one server in each site. Make sure that the server contains a public information store.

To run DS/IS consistency adjuster:
 * 1) In the Exchange Server 5.5 Administrator program, click a server running Exchange Server 5.5 that contains a public information store.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Properties, and then click the Advanced tab.
 * 3) Click Consistency Adjustment.
 * 4) In DS/IS Consistency Adjustment, click select the Remove unknown user accounts from public folder permissions check box, and then click All inconsistencies.
 * 5) Important: Click to clear all other check boxes.

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