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Coexistence with Exchange 2007
Migration projects usually require dynamic mail routing
and directory synchronizations during a transition period
of server coexistence—when some users have already
been migrated to Exchange, while others remain in
GroupWise. Mail forwarding rules must be updated
upon the migration of each user batch, so users can send
mail and schedule meetings with one another across all
active servers without having to know the migration
status of other users.
Throughout the transition period, users will need access
to a synchronized Global Address List (GAL). Most
mid-sized and large organizations will experience staff
additions, departures, transfers, and so forth during the
transition period, since their migrations extend over a
period of at least several days, many for several weeks or
even months. Any staff changes that occur while the
migration is in-process will introduce data inconsisten-
cies between the source and destination server directo-
ries, and these inconsistencies may need to be reconciled
during the migration process. Synchronization is the
process of updating the contents of one directory to
match the contents of another.
The Microsoft Exchange Connector for GroupWise and
Microsoft Exchange Calendar Connector have long been
popular methods to facilitate mail routing and directory
synchronizations. Other methods are possible, but the
MS Connectors have been preferred by many because
together they can facilitate directory synchronizations,
email routing, and calendar free/busy lookups, and have
been readily available as components of Microsoft’s
Exchange product—at least until Exchange 2007.
At this writing, Exchange 2007 does not include or sup-
port the Microsoft Exchange Connectors, but you can
still use the Connectors from Exchange 2003 to facilitate
coexistence between Groupwise and a target environ-
ment that includes one or more Exchange 2007 servers.
Microsoft says that an Exchange 2003 server cannot be
added to an existing organization that contains only
Exchange 2007 servers. So the trick is to define an Ex-
change 2003 server as the first server in the target envi-
ronment, after which you may add as many Exchange
2007 servers as you like.
The remainder of this document explains how to set up
such an environment.
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Step 1: Install and configure the Exchange
Server 2003 server.
Follow the instructions in the Microsoft Exchange
documentation to install the Exchange Server 2003
server.
The domain you create must be a native Windows
2000/2003 domain. The Exchange Server 2003 server
must be a bridgehead and a back-end server so it can
route mail, host public folders for free/busy search, host
a test mailbox, and support client access for testing.
Step 2: Install and configure the Microsoft Ex-
change Connector for Novell GroupWise and
Microsoft Exchange Calendar Connector.
Follow the instructions in the Exchange Server 2003
Interoperability and Migration Guide to install the Mi-
crosoft Exchange Connector for Novell GroupWise and
the Microsoft Exchange Calendar Connector.
Any Active Directory containers that contain Exchange
2003 users must be added to the list of Export Contain-
ers for directory synchronization with GroupWise.
Step 3: Test connectivity between GroupWise
and Exchange Server 2003.
Create a GroupWise test user, or select an existing
GroupWise user.
Create an Exchange Server 2003 test user, or select an
existing Exchange Server 2003 user.
Perform full directory updates between GroupWise and
Exchange Server 2003, in both directions:
1. In Exchange System Manager, open Properties for
this object:
 [YourOrg]
 Administrative Groups
 [YourAdminGroup]
 Routing Groups
 [YourRoutingGroup]
 Connectors
 Connector for Novell GroupWise ([YourServer])
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2. Select the Dirsync Schedule tab, and click Immedi-
ate full reload in both the Exchange to GroupWise
directory synchronization and GroupWise to Ex-
change directory synchronization sections.
3. Watch the event log to confirm that both directory
synchronizations complete successfully. Confirm
that events really are written to the event log.
4. Run the GroupWise client and login as the Group-
Wise test user. Confirm that Exchange objects from
the Export Containers have been synced to the Sys-
tem Address Book.
5. Run Active Directory Users and Computers and
confirm that GroupWise objects have been synced to
the Import Container.
6. Run Outlook and login as the Exchange Server 2003
test user. Confirm that GroupWise objects are visible
in the Global Address List (GAL).
Then test mail, calendar, and free/busy search functions:
1. Run the GroupWise client and login as the Group-
Wise test user. Then:
• Send a memo to the Exchange Server 2003 test
user.
• Send a meeting invitation to the Exchange Server
2003 test user.
• Accept the invitation to your own meeting, to
mark some time as Busy on your Calendar.
2. Run Outlook and login as the Exchange Server 2003
test user. Then:
• Read the memo from the GroupWise test user.
• Send a mail message to the GroupWise test user.
• Accept the meeting invitation from the Group-
Wise test user.
• Create a new meeting request and invite the
GroupWise test user. Before sending it, confirm
that the GroupWise test user's free/busy informa-
tion is available and accurate.
• Send the meeting request.
3. Run the GroupWise client again, logging in as the
GroupWise test user. Then:
• Read the mail message from the Exchange Server
2003 test user.
• Read the meeting response from the Exchange
Server 2003 test user.
• Accept the meeting invitation from the Exchange
Server 2003 test user.
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• Create a new meeting invitation and invite the Ex-
change Server 2003 test user. Before sending it,
confirm that the Exchange Server 2003 test user's
free/busy information is available and accurate.
Step 4: Install Exchange Server 2007 server(s).
Follow Microsoft’s instructions to install one or more
Exchange Server 2007 servers within the existing Ex-
change 2003 organization:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124350.aspx
To test connectivity between Exchange Server 2007 and
both Exchange Server 2003 and GroupWise, you will
need the Hub Transport, Mailbox, and Client Access
server roles to each be assigned to at least one Exchange
Server 2007 server. They need not all be assigned to the
same Exchange Server 2007 server.
Any Active Directory containers that contain Exchange
Server 2007 users must be added to the Microsoft Ex-
change Connector for Novell GroupWise's list of direc-
tory sync Export Containers.
Step 5: Test connectivity between Exchange
Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007.
Create a test user on an Exchange Server 2007 server, or
select an existing Exchange Server 2007 user.
Then test mail, calendar, and free/busy search functions:
1. Run Outlook and login as the Exchange Server 2003
test user. Then:
• Send a mail message to the Exchange Server 2007
test user.
• Send a meeting invitation to the Exchange Server
2007 test user.
2. Run Outlook and login as the Exchange Server 2007
test user. Then:
• Read the memo from the Exchange Server 2003
test user.
• Send a mail message to the Exchange Server 2003
test user.
• Accept the meeting invitation from the Exchange
Server 2003 test user.
• Create a new meeting request and invite the Ex-
change Server 2007 test user. Before sending it,
confirm that the Exchange Server 2007 test user's
free/busy information is available and accurate.
• Send the meeting request.
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3. Run Outlook again and login as the Exchange Server
2003 test user. Then:
• Read the mail message from the Exchange Server
2007 test user.
• Read the meeting response from the Exchange
Server 2007 test user.
• Accept the meeting invitation from the Exchange
Server 2007 test user.
• Create a new meeting invitation and invite the Ex-
change Server 2007 test user. Before sending it,
confirm that the Exchange Server 2007 test user's
free/busy information is available and accurate.
Step 6: Test connectivity between GroupWise
and Exchange Server 2007.
Perform full directory updates between GroupWise and
Exchange in both directions.
1. In Exchange System Manager (connected to the
Exchange Server 2003 server), open Properties for
this object:
 [YourOrg]
 Administrative Groups
 [YourAdminGroup]
 Routing Groups
 [YourRoutingGroup]
 Connectors
 Connector for Novell GroupWise ([YourServer])
2. Go to the Dirsync Schedule tab, and click Immedi-
ate full reload in both the Exchange to GroupWise
directory synchronization and GroupWise to Ex-
change directory synchronization sections.
3. Watch the event log to confirm that both directory
synchronizations complete successfully. Confirm
that events really are written to the event log.
4. Run the GroupWise client and login as the Group-
Wise test user. Confirm that Exchange objects from
the Export Containers have been synced to the Sys-
tem Address Book.
5. Run Active Directory Users and Computers and
confirm that GroupWise objects have been synced to
the Import Container.
6. Run Outlook and login as the Exchange Server 2003
test user. Confirm that GroupWise objects are visible
in the Global Address List (GAL).
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Then test mail, calendar, and free/busy search functions:
1. Run the GroupWise client and login as the Group-
Wise test user. Then:
• Send a memo to the Exchange Server 2007 test
user.
• Send a meeting invitation to the Exchange Server
2007 test user.
• Accept the invitation to your own meeting, to
mark some time as Busy on your Calendar.
2. Run Outlook and login as the Exchange Server 2007
test user. Then:
• Read the memo from the GroupWise test user.
• Send a mail message to the GroupWise test user.
• Accept the meeting invitation from the Group-
Wise test user.
• Create a new meeting request and invite the
GroupWise test user. Before sending it, confirm
that the GroupWise test user's free/busy informa-
tion is available and accurate.
• Send the meeting request.
3. Run the GroupWise client again and login as the
GroupWise test user.
• Read the mail message from the Exchange Server
2007 test user.
• Read the meeting response from the Exchange
Server 2007 test user.
• Accept the meeting invitation from the Exchange
Server 2007 test user.
• Create a new meeting invitation and invite the Ex-
change Server2007 test user. Before sending it,
confirm that the Exchange Server 2007 test user's
free/busy information is available and accurate.
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