Migrating users to Microsoft Exchange Server from a WGPO is the same as
migrating users from a Microsoft Mail 3.x postoffice. The basic
architecture of a WGPO and a Microsoft Mail postoffice is the same;
therefore, using the Microsoft Exchange Migration Wizard against a WGPO to
migrate users to Microsoft Exchange works the same way with Windows for
Workgroups as it does with Microsoft Mail.
Two things to be aware of when migrating from a WGPO:
- When you use the Migration Wizard, an administrator account needs to be
selected. With Microsoft Mail 3.x, the account named ADMINISTRATOR was
the primary administrator account. With a WGPO, a user account with
administration rights is the primary account. This user account is the
account that is used as the administrator account by the Microsoft
Exchange Migration Wizard.
- With a WGPO, the default location for a user's mail message file(MMF) is
the user's local hard disk drive. Migrate the user to Microsoft Exchange
and then import the data from the local MMF to the Microsoft Exchange
Server-based inbox or to their local Personal Information Store (PST)
file.
For details on migrating Microsoft Mail users to Microsoft Exchange, see
chapter 4 of the
Microsoft Exchange Migration Guide. Also see the
document on the Microsoft Exchange Server compact disc about Migrating
Microsoft Mail users to Exchange. The document can be found with the
following path:
<cd path>\migrate\docs\msmailpc.rtf