Determining if Enterprise or Standard Server is Installed

ID: Q173889

The information in this article applies to:

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 Server Event Viewer Application log upon startup.

The following event will be logged when the Microsoft Exchange Information Store (IS) starts on an Enterprise Edition Exchange Server: 


   Event Id: 1217
   Source: MSExchangeIS
   Type: Information
   Category: General
   Description: "Information store with unlimited capacity started"
The Standard version will log 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

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999