z Improperly configured Domain Name System (DNS).
z Missing connection agreements.
z Objects that are not replicated.
z Mailbox resources that are not marked.
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Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Tools overview
This article contains an overview of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Deployment Tools.
A description of the Deployment Tools
The Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Tools are a compilation of old and new
Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) support tools that you can use to
prepare Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and the Microsoft Active Directory
directory service infrastructure for the installation of Microsoft Exchange Server
2003.
Note By using these deployment tools, you are guided through correct
deployment steps that are based on a central Help file. These steps, or phases,
are based on the PSS Setup team's experience with the installation of Exchange
Server 2003.
There is one primary tool for most of the six phases of deployment, and all
these tools are addressed in this article. You can run the tools directly from the
compiled HTML Help file, Exdeploy.chm, or from a command prompt. These
tools generate self-help log files to help you recognize and to fix the following
issues:
These tools also help you to perform integrity checks, and to identify various
pre-setup conditions, post-setup conditions, and error conditions. These self-
help log files are automatically created in an Exdeploy Logs folder unless you
specify another location.
The purpose of the Deployment Tools
These tools were created to proactively help with Exchange Server 2003
deployments in a way that PSS and customers had not had before. The
installation of Exchange Server 2003 may become long and complex, even in a
small organization. These tools may help you to resolve issues that might occur
so that you do not have to contact PSS. These tools also give PSS a way to help
you troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Setup