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Greetings Forum,

This is my first post to the forum and I hope I placed this tread into the correct area. I wanted to get some input on what I would like to do and the best way to go about this scenario before I start.

Here is the lay out...

I have a Windows 2008 x64 Enterprise with IBM Domino Mail Server 8.5.1 FP3 running in a domain environment. The BES server is a Windows 2003 x86 Enterprise running BES v4.1.5.24 and Domino 7.0.2 Server. I use BlackBerry Manager 4.1 on a client machine to administer people on the BES server.

I would like to place the BES server on the same machine running Windows 2008 x64 Domino 8.5.1 FP3. We are a small department in the university and only have one mail server, so trying to consolidate some services if possible. Does anyone have any experience doing something similar? Or can provide some knowledge putting BES on the same server as a production IBM Mail server? Is it recommended to keep them separate?

There also is the question how do I move the users over to the new server... The BES server is running MSSQL Server for the BES database.

I have experience administering IBM Mail Servers and BES users but this is my first time updating the BES server/migrating it. We are moving to BES version 5.0 Advantage for IBM Domino.

Again, any information would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.