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QUESTION POSED ON: 10 October 2007
We would like to migrate from a current Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 front-end server with a Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 back-end server to new hardware running Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003. After we upgrade the front-end server, the back-end server will then be upgraded. Currently, the new front-end server is running Windows 2003. After we install Exchange 2003, how do we configure it to act as the new front-end server?

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There is a check-box under Properties in Microsoft Exchange where you can stipulate that your new Exchange 2003 server will be a front-end server (see image below). Please consider the security enhancements that Microsoft provides for front-end servers in the article "Securing server roles in Exchange 2003."

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