Exchange Domain Servers group contain EV servers

[Mnereng]

Hey all,

I have a few different EV enviorments...some v8.0+ and some still in 7.5.  I noticed today that all of the EV 8 servers are members of the Exchange Domain Servers group in AD.  This group usually only contains Exchange servers and they are added automatically when you install an Exchange server (2003).  So its not the sort of group I usually go into to check the membership.  Does EV add itself to this group?  Or should I suspect one of my other admins?  Like I said, only the v8 servers are in there; the v7.5 servers are not.  I cannot find any documentation that says this is normal.  Does anyone else's environment look the same?

Any feedback is much appreciated.
Mike

[JesusWept3]

dont suppose you installed ESM on there and thats how it got there?

[TonySterling]

Just to second JW2, EV does not add itself to this group.  So it might be ESM as JW2 said or one of your other admins added them.

[Mnereng]

Good thought, but nope, these do not have ESM installed.  Interesting...somebody is going to get it now.

Thanks guys!

[JesusWept3 · Accepted solution]

i checked production environment (with ESM installed on EV Servers) and my VM lab without ESM and neither have the EV Servers listed in that OU, only Exchange servers (thats not to say someone in production removed the EV servers from that group, but on my EV lab thats definitely not the case)