Microsoft KB Archive/173889

= Determining if Exchange Server Enterprise or Standard Edition is installed =

PSS ID Number: 173889

Article Last Modified on 4/28/2005

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

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This article was previously published under Q173889



SYMPTOMS
There is no distinction in the user interface between Exchange Server Standard and Exchange Server Enterprise editions.



CAUSE
This is by design.



WORKAROUND
To distinguish between Exchange Server Standard and Exchange Server Enterprise, check the Windows Event Viewer application event log upon startup.

The following event is logged when the information store starts on an Enterprise edition Exchange Server computer:

Event Id: 1217

Source: MSExchangeIS

Type: Information

Category: General

Description: "Information store with unlimited capacity started"

The Standard edition logs the following event:

Event ID 1216

Source: MSExchangeIS Private

Type: Information

Category: General

Description: Information store with limited storage capacity enabled.

Additional query words: standard vs enterprise XADM

Keywords: kbprb KB173889

Technology: kbExchange2000EntServ kbExchange2000Search kbExchange2000Serv kbExchange2000ServSearch kbExchange550 kbExchangeSearch kbExchangeServ2003Ent kbExchangeServ2003Search kbExchangeServ2003St kbZNotKeyword2

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