
Part II: Working with Server Roles
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Configuring a Routing Group Connector
When migrating to Exchange Server 2007 from an Existing Exchange 2000/2003 environment, there may
be a period of coexistence whereby Exchange Server 2007 computers must communicate with Exchange
Server 2000/2003. A Routing Group Connector is required for this communication to take place. When
the first Exchange Server 2007 computer is installed into the organization, a Routing Group Connector is
automatically created. To manually create this connector to another routing group, use the following
command. This also enables public folder referral.
New-RoutingGroupConnector -Name “Coexist RGC” -SourceTransportServers
“HT001.ExchangeExchange.local” -TargetTransportServers “ExB.ExchangeExchange.local”
-Cost 100 -Bidirectional $true -PublicFolderReferralsEnabled $true
Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2007 introduced support for configuring a limit on the Routing
Group Connector ...