We are in the process of updating some of our server infrastructure. Currently we have a server 2003 sp2 that is the DC and has exchange 2003 sp2 on it. Its also the file server.
We are going to be building a virtual environment (vsphere 5) on new hardware. My first goal is having one VM as a server 2012 DC, another being server 2012 with exchange 2013 on it (I know I need to install and migrate to 2010 first). At first I was going to migrate the DC but then I read that it won't work with exchange 2003. So should I build the VM for the exchange server first and migrate the exchange server to 2010 and upgrade that to 2013? Or is there a better way to tackle migrating all of these server roles.
Any tips and advice would be appreciated. This is a production server so I'll be doing most of the work during the nights and weekends and would like to minimize the time spent after hours.
Thanks,
Josh