Hello All,
I have the fun situation of having Exchange, DC, AD, DNS, and DHCP all on one server. I inherited this and no that it is not recommended or supported. I looked at migrating exchange but found that was the bad way to go. I now want to migrate DC, DNS, and DHCP from the current exchange server to a new 2008R2 server and dont want to miss anything. I have run through the migration prep checklist and have everything noted. Now is the point I am worried. I know that I installed the AD DS and then I can run the DCPromo to start the process. From what I can tell DNS will come with it but do I need to install that Role before I start the DC Promo? Once I do the DC Promo do I then install the DHCP roles or is that later on? Also once I bring this new server up I know that it is running as secondary until I migrate everything and demote the exchange server.
I am looking for stuff that I know I will miss by having to give this server a new name and IP. I know that DHCP will take care of the new DHCP server and I will just have to change the static devices to see the new IP. I guess my concerns are what affects I need to take care of on the old server that is demoted but is still running Exchange 2010 and what else I have missed on the new server that is caused by the new name and IP.
Sorry for the amount of questions but this seems to be the only way I can start getting things seperated and correct before I face moving to future OS upgrades.
Thanks again,
Bill
Bill