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      Monday, September 04, 2006 2:33 PM
       
       
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      When trying to install Exchange 2007 beta 2 with an exisiting exchange 2003 enviroment I get invalid organization name and setup stops.  Any help would be greatly appreciated

      Thank you,

       

       

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    • Friday, January 26, 2007 7:40 PM
       
       
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      I am having a very similar if not identical problem. The Error Message is as follows:

      The Exchange organization name is invalid. Message: '{335A1087-5131-4D45BE-3C6C7F76F5EC} is not a valid value for Organization Name. The value must not contain any of '~', '`', '!', '@', '#', '$', '%', '^', '&', '*', '(', ')', '_', '+', '{', '}', '[', ']', '|', '\', ':', ';', '"', ''', '<', '>', ',', '.', '?', '/'

      This occurs after clicking the "Next" button at the "Introduction" phase of the "Exchange Server 2007 Setup" dialog.

      I have exhausted myself trying to find a solution to this with no success. Please Help!

      Thanks to all assistance in advance.

      Rob.
       
    • Monday, February 05, 2007 11:13 PM
       
       
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      did you ever find resolution?  i am having the same problem     

      please respond...thanks

      gwilley@techprovider.net

       

       
    • Monday, March 12, 2007 10:23 PM
       
       
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      You cannot use the GUID name as the org name when running exchange 2007 setup.  Please change it to something valid, such as "First Organization"
       
    • Monday, March 12, 2007 10:27 PM
       
       
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      More details:

      "That error tells me that the /forestprep for Exchange 2003 has been run previously but no servers were ever installed.

      Problem is - E2003 forestprep creates the org name that is that big GUID that you see there. That is however not a valid org name for E2007 to install into. This is how you remove the org:

      http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273478/ "