On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 09:18, Tuyl Adrie, A.C. van wrote:
> What is the safest way to restore an exchange server in a seperate
> environment (to extract one mailbox for instance).
> My Exchange Administrator doesn't have full confidence that the method
> described in the manual, i.e. restoring in the same domain, but without
> joining an existing site is safe. He's afraid of double connectors, double
> mail etc, double servers in the site etc.

It is absolutely safe, as long as you follow the instructions in the TDP
for Exchange manual. I've done it (or seen it done) a dozen times. Your
Exchange administrator needs to read the MS docs on this process; it's
well documented.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)