Microsoft KB Archive/173889

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Determining if Exchange Server Enterprise or Standard Edition is installed

PSS ID Number: 173889

Article Last Modified on 4/28/2005



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



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
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