- Oct 28, 1999
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Yet another Exchange Question -
I've wussed out and folded. I need to call in a consultant to help me install and configure Active Directory, Exchange 2k, and the various components required in addition to the two. Assuming that I have the server with a fresh install of 2k Server, the disks in hand ready to go, and DNS already being hosted and waiting to go, what would be a reasonable number of hours that it would take the guy to do it?
The company that I worked with in the past is quoting me at 24 hours. To me, that seems obscene!. In just my toying around with 2k server and Exchange server, I can load both of them from scratch, on an incredibly slow machine in 3.5 hours. I had a psuedo working version of Exchange operable in under 4. This was with me walking through the Sybex MCSE guides and baby stepping my through.
If I've already got 2k server installed, we're installing on a fast machine, and the guy is familiar with Exchange, then wouldn't 5 hours be pretty reasonable?
I've wussed out and folded. I need to call in a consultant to help me install and configure Active Directory, Exchange 2k, and the various components required in addition to the two. Assuming that I have the server with a fresh install of 2k Server, the disks in hand ready to go, and DNS already being hosted and waiting to go, what would be a reasonable number of hours that it would take the guy to do it?
The company that I worked with in the past is quoting me at 24 hours. To me, that seems obscene!. In just my toying around with 2k server and Exchange server, I can load both of them from scratch, on an incredibly slow machine in 3.5 hours. I had a psuedo working version of Exchange operable in under 4. This was with me walking through the Sybex MCSE guides and baby stepping my through.
If I've already got 2k server installed, we're installing on a fast machine, and the guy is familiar with Exchange, then wouldn't 5 hours be pretty reasonable?