Phase 2: Cleaning Up the Exchange Server 5.5 Directory
UserPrep is the major group of tools for Phase 2 of an Exchange 2003 Server deployment. You can run this group of tools before you install the Active Directory Connector so that you can do the following:
Preview the results when you match user accounts to mailboxes.
View a list of recommended connection agreements.
Make sure that your servers can support an upgrade.
Verify that the name of the Exchange organization and that the names of the Exchange sites in that organization do not contain any special characters.
ADCUserCheck: The Active Directory Connector User Check tool (ADCUserCheck) identifies the locations of user accounts and of mailboxes, and then uses this information to recommend appropriate connection agreements. ADCUserCheck also uses the search process in the Active Directory Connector (ADC) to compare user objects in the Exchange Server 5.5 directory to objects in the Active Directory global catalog. It then reports any users who exist in the Exchange Server 5.5 directory who are missing from Active Directory. Microsoft recommends that you run the ADCUserCheck tool to obtain a list of recommended connection agreements before you install the ADC. Run the ADCUserCheck tool again after you install the ADC to make sure that you have correct functionality.
NTDSNoMatch: The NTDSNoMatch tool verifies that there is a one-to-one relationship between Exchange 5.5 mailboxes and user accounts. The NTDSNoMatch tool generates a separate Ntdsnomatch_sitename.csv file for each site. The Ntdsnomatch_sitename.csv file also lists recommendations for setting the Custom Attribute 10 attribute to the NTDSNoMatch value for individual sites. You can import these files directly into the Exchange Server 5.5 directory.
VerCheck: The VerCheck tool verifies that there is at least one Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3 SP3 (or later) server in the site that Exchange 2003 Server is joining
OrgNameCheck: The OrgNameCheck tool looks for characters in the Exchange Server 5.5 organization name that are not supported. If characters that are not supported are found, you may have to change the display name of the organization. The OrgNameCheck tool also checks for characters in the site name that are not supported.

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