So I'm Now ready to finally start my path to a newer mail server...
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Currently running an old 2003 Exchange server
have purchased exchange 2013 standard and ready to roll
(going to install on Server 2008 R2 64 bit, is the plan)
Biggest hurdle is the issue that there is no migration path from 2003 to 2013
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is the best option to go from 2003 > 2010 > 2013?
Do have technet so I technically could do that I guess, but haven't had any experience in the past 5 years doing a migration like that!
- Throwing some more info into the mix...
Currently have archiving enabled via Commvault for older items being stubbed out to slower storage - would like to push all that email back into exchange 2013 and have exchange manage the old email - online/nearline archiving - but not sure how it works.