5.5 to 2003 migration

From what I read, the migration creates the ad accounts then matches the
mailboxes up. What if all of the accounts already exist in AD? We are already
running 2000 domain, we just need to upgrade exchange...am i going to have
duplicate user accounts? will the cleanup wizard fix this?

Thanks in advance

No, you won't have duplicate accounts. I assume you have 5.5 and your
'Primary NT Account' fields for each Exchange 5.5 mailbox are set to an AD
account? If so, when you install and configure the ADC, it will find the
accounts in AD and match them.

--
Neil Hobson
Exchange MVP

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"mctforhire" <mctforhire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF8ADFBE-07B5-47A5-B5B0-C006DCF60005@microsoft.com...
> From what I read, the migration creates the ad accounts then matches the
> mailboxes up. What if all of the accounts already exist in AD? We are
already
> running 2000 domain, we just need to upgrade exchange...am i going to have
> duplicate user accounts? will the cleanup wizard fix this?
>
> Thanks in advance

Thanks! That will be great. I appreciate your quick response!

Jenn

"Neil Hobson [MVP]" wrote:

> No, you won't have duplicate accounts. I assume you have 5.5 and your
> 'Primary NT Account' fields for each Exchange 5.5 mailbox are set to an AD
> account? If so, when you install and configure the ADC, it will find the
> accounts in AD and match them.
>
> --
> Neil Hobson
> Exchange MVP
>
> For Exchange news, links and tips, check:
> http://www.msexchangeblog.com
>
> "mctforhire" <mctforhire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FF8ADFBE-07B5-47A5-B5B0-C006DCF60005@microsoft.com...
> > From what I read, the migration creates the ad accounts then matches the
> > mailboxes up. What if all of the accounts already exist in AD? We are
> already
> > running 2000 domain, we just need to upgrade exchange...am i going to have
> > duplicate user accounts? will the cleanup wizard fix this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
>
>