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Testing an Exchange SE migration with AI: which one gets it right?In this video we compare three AIs - ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini - on migrating Exchange Subscription Edition on-premises. We look at their scripts, how they handle roles and permissions, and the integration strategy for a clean deployment.
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0:00 Pre-migration advice: what to do before upgrading Exchange on-premises 1:20 Reading the code ChatGPT proposes for the upgrade to Exchange SE 4:20 Permissions: adding the LIA account to Schema Admins and Enterprise Admins 5:32 Clearing up the critical orgName variable 8:20 The Edge and Mailbox roles and how they interact 8:54 Organising the infrastructure to place Edge and Mailbox well 9:44 A close look at the script Claude wrote for the Exchange SE upgrade 12:30 Unpicking Gemini's script and comparing it with the others 14:40 Checking the proposed methods against other reliable technical sources 17:40 A strategy for using Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini together in a migration 18:59 Autodiscover in Exchange SE: what it does and how to configure it 19:20 The successful migration, step by step 20:50 Assessing the improvements in Claude's new code 27:01 Auditing and adjusting the Edge configuration 28:53 Handling the special case of servers outside the domain 29:30 Conclusion: how Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini did on installing and configuring Exchange SE on-premises
