Topic Last Modified: 2007-03-07

This section explains how to move an existing Exchange Server 2003 to a new computer and how to keep the same server name on the new hardware. Exchange Server 2003 can be running Enterprise or Standard edition.

You could be moving the Exchange server to newer hardware because the organization's e-mail needs are growing. For more information about moving an Exchange Server 2003 and keeping the same server name, see How to Move Exchange Server 2003 to New Hardware and Keep the Same Server Name.

Note:
If you are moving an existing Exchange Server 2003 to new hardware and want to have a different server name, perform a Move Mailbox operation to move the mailboxes and then rebuild the Exchange server.

 For More Information

For more information, see the following Microsoft Exchange TechCenter and Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

• Moving Exchange Mailbox Databases Between Storage Groups in Exchange Server 2003.
  
• Moving mailboxes in Exchange Server 2003
  
• Move Mailbox improvements in Exchange 2003
  
• How to move Exchange databases and logs in Exchange Server 2003