The "How to change the Exchange Server 5.5 service account" white paper is available (266041)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q266041

SUMMARY

You may need to change the service account that is defined for your Exchange Server 5.5 computer for many reasons.

MORE INFORMATION

There is a white paper available that describes how to change the service account safely with minimal interruption to Exchange Server services. To obtain this white paper, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/55/support/changing.mspx

Important After much consideration, Microsoft does not support changing the Exchange Server 5.5 service account. If you experience a bug that is caused by performing the change, there will be no hotfix support to fix the problem. Before you implement the change in a production environment, we recommend that you test this kind of change thoroughly in a test environment to make sure that no problems exist.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/13/2005
Keywords:kbinfo KB266041
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