Every data center has many projects running that are in various stages of completion. Sometimes the project is hardware rollout and the server has already gone through the final testing and evaluation stages. Other times it is a software project, specifically an email software project, which involves either the Outlook client or the Exchange server.

It might be that the decision has been made to upgrade the Exchange server software to a newer version. If this is the case then much planning will be needed. A good rule of thumb is to allocate eighty percent of the project’s time to planning and twenty percent of the project’s time for implementation.

During the implementation phase one of the activities where problems can occur is in the area of moving mailboxes from one server to another.

Here are two scenarios where the problem can be resolved using the same solution. Continue reading Troubleshooting Moving Mailboxes