XADM: Determining if Exchange Server Enterprise or Standard Edition Is Installed

ID: Q173889

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

There is no distinction in the user interface between Exchange Server Standard and Exchange Server Enterprise editions.

CAUSE

This is by design.

WORKAROUND

To distinguish between Exchange Server Standard and Exchange Server Enterprise, check the Windows NT Event Viewer application event log upon startup.

The following event is logged when the information store starts on an Enterprise edition Exchange Server computer:

Event Id: 1217
Source: MSExchangeIS
Type: Information
Category: General
Description: "Information store with unlimited capacity started"

The Standard edition logs the following event:

Event ID 1216
Source: MSExchangeIS Private
Type: Information
Category: General
Description: Information store with limited storage capacity enabled.

Additional query words: standard vs enterprise

Keywords : XADM exc55
Version : winnt:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb