Exchange Server 2007 Setup Wizard > Exchange Organization Page (RTM)

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

 

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007

Use the Exchange Organization page to type a name for your Exchange organization. You will specify the name for your Exchange organization either when you install the first server running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in the organization or when you prepare Active Directory for Exchange 2007. After you have named your Exchange organization, you cannot change the name.

The Exchange organization name cannot contain the following characters:

  • ~ (tilde)

  • ` (grave accent)

  • ! (exclamation point)

  • @ (at sign)

  • # (number sign)

  • $ (dollar sign)

  • % (percent sign)

  • ^ (caret)

  • & (ampersand)

  • * (asterisk)

  • () (parentheses)

  • _ (underscore)

  • + (plus sign)

  • = (equal sign)

  • {} (braces)

  • [] (brackets)

  • | (vertical bar)

  • \ (backslash)

  • : (colon)

  • ; (semicolon)

  • " (quotation mark)

  • ' (apostrophe)

  • <> (angle brackets)

  • , (comma)

  • . (period)

  • ? (question mark)

  • / (slash mark)

  • White spaces at the beginning or end

To view the organization name after you have installed Exchange 2007, run the Get-OrganizationConfig cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell. For more information, see Get-OrganizationConfig (RTM).