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Moving From Exchange 2003 to 2007 can be a fairly easy process. We have done this several times. We have also moved from 2003 to 2010 and 2007 to 2010. We are George Spencer School and also run Advanced IT Services. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding your move. [email protected] P.s. I would recommend going straight to 2010

You can manage a 2003 environment from a windows 7 machine with admin tools installed but this would require a manual copy of the admx templates from the windows 7 machine to windows servers running 2003. (if no 2008 DC’s were installed)

Morning, During the summer we moved our School (George Spencer) to Windows 7. Except for odd bits of hardware that are still running windows xp. So Currently: 600 machines windows 7 and 100 xp machines. Fully windows 7 windows xp mixed environment and working perfectly. Both mandatory and roaming user profiles using the .V2 extension. We also have implemented WMI Filters as the major problem we faced were printer drivers between the two operating systems. In regards to the admx, you are not required to run windows 7 machines on admx. However if you wish to actually restrict the user you would either have to turn one of your DC’s to 2008 (recommend 2008 R2) server (this would copy the admx files for you or manualy copy the admx files yourself). We also noticed odd behaviour with redirected desktop backgrounds and start menus and had to add manual registry files. On a side note for anyone having problems we at George Spencer School run an ICT Company called Advanced IT Services based in Nottingham and currently offering free ICT audits for other schools and colleges. Contact me via [email protected]

Morning, During the summer we moved our School (George Spencer) to Windows 7. Except for odd bits of hardware that are still running windows xp. So Currently: 600 machines windows 7 and 100 xp machines. Fully windows 7 windows xp mixed environment and working perfectly. Both mandatory and roaming user profiles using the .V2 extension. We also have implemented WMI Filters as the major problem we faced were printer drivers between the two operating systems. In regards to the admx, you are not required to run windows 7 machines on admx. However if you wish to actually restrict the user you would either have to turn one of your DC’s to 2008 (recommend 2008 R2) server (this would copy the admx files for you or manualy copy the admx files yourself). We also noticed odd behaviour with redirected desktop backgrounds and start menus and had to add manual registry files. On a side note for anyone having problems we at George Spencer School run an ICT Company called Advanced IT Services based in Nottingham and currently offering free ICT audits for other schools and colleges. Contact me via [email protected]