Exchange 2010 : Exchange 2007

Exchange Server 2007 / 2010 VHDs

Johan Delimon — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:10:25 GMT

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 VHD

Download this fully configured virtual machine of the latest release of Exchange Server 2007 SP1. Evaluate the new capabilities of Exchange Server 2007 SP1, which deliver the advanced protection your company demands, the anywhere access people throughout your organization want, and the operational efficiency you need

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e99f2a96-ffbc-4323-9676-9657607c4a52

Exchange Server 2010 VHD (With Office Communications Server included)

Download this fully configured virtual machine of the latest release of Exchange Server 2010. Evaluate the new capabilities of Exchange Server 2010, which helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that help to simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility.
Note:
1. This trial software is intended for evaluation purposes only.
2. There is no product support for this trial. You are welcome to share your trial experience with others and to ask for advice by participating in the forums.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=53F7382A-3664-4DE3-8303-31E514D69F02&displaylang=en

Free tool to manage Exchange 2007 certificates

Ruben Nauwelaers — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:08:00 GMT

When browsing the web I came across this very interesting free utility called "Certificate Manager for Exchange 2007" made by U-BTech Solutions LTD .

It is a nice utility that apparently will make your Certificate life in Exchange 2007 a lot easier. This is what the developer says it should do:

1) Manage your current server certificates.
2) Enable certificates for Exchange 2007 Services (POP, IMAP, SMTP, IIS, UM).
3) Generate an Exchange 2007 Certificate Signing Request and process the Certificate Authority answer.
4) Generate an Exchange 2007 Self-Signed certificate (not for production use).
5) Easily include additional subject names in a single certificate.
6) Import & Export ability for existing certificates.

More information as well as the download link can be found on the U-BTech product page

Remove Exchange 2007 Mailbox Role Fails with error : Object is read only because it was created by a future version of Exchange: 0.10 (14.0.100.0). Current supported version is 0.1 (8.0.535.0).

Johan Delimon — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:11:00 GMT

You May receive an Error when Exchange 2010 is installed and you want to remove an Exchange 2007 Mailbox Role!

Mailbox Role Failed

Error:
Object is read only because it was created by a future version of Exchange: 0.10 (14.0.100.0). Current supported version is 0.1 (8.0.535.0).

A closer look at the ExchangeSetup.txt tells me something about the Offline Addressbook and Public Folder store:

[28/10/2009 21:37:05] [2] Checking whether the public folder database "MB\Public Folder Storage Group\Public Folder Database" has local replicas.
[28/10/2009 21:37:06] [2] Searching objects of type "OfflineAddressBook" with filter "(PublicFolderDatabase Equal MB\Public Folder Storage Group\Public Folder Database)", scope "SubTree" under the root "Delimon Organization".
[28/10/2009 21:37:06] [2] Previous operation run on domain controller 'x.delimon.be'.
[28/10/2009 21:37:06] [2] [ERROR] Object is read only because it was created by a future version of Exchange: 0.10 (14.0.100.0). Current supported version is 0.1 (8.0.535.0).

Opening the Offline Addressbook settings with Exchange 2007 Management Console also spawns the same error:

And makes the configuration Read Only

So lets remove the Exchange 2007 CAS Server from the AOB Distribution and disable Public Folder Distribution with the Exchange 2010 Management Console…
That did not change anything :(

So lets remove the Public Folder Database with ADSIEDIT.MSC
(Connect to the Configuration Container)

IMPORTANT : You must have moved all PF data to another server, this will destroy your PF Database.
(In my case all information was already moved)

Now that replication has finished you can see that the Public Folder DB is no longer available

So now let’s retry the uninstall…

That worked out great :)
You can see below that the Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server has been removed from the Exchange Configuration

Conslusion:

If you have a public folder on your mailbox server then the Uninstallation of Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server may fail if Exchange 2010 is already deployed.
My guess is that Microsoft will release an update installer/uninstaller that does not fail on the Offline Address book/Public Folder info that was upgraded to Exchange 2010 version information in AD

Using ADSIEDIT.MSC should not be considered a supported solution, this is only a workaround!