Re: installing exchg at branch office by Bharat
Bharat
Tue Aug 15 09:55:21 CDT 2006
When you install the new server in your branch, it will be added to the
first administrative group by default.
- Mail flow between the 2 servers should work out of the box - both servers
will be in the same Routing Group.
- Outbound internet mailflow: Out of the box branch server will route itself
unless there's a SMTP Connector for address space *. If the Connector's in
place, outbound mail will be routed over the bridgehead specified in the
Connector config.
- Inbound mail: Will be routed to the server the MX record in your external
DNS points to. It's a good idea to insert another MX record with higher
preference and point it to the A record of the new server. This ensures if
your first server goes offline/down, the branch can receive inbound mail -
branch recipients will get their messages delivered, mail for recipients on
your first server will be queued till it becomes available.
- You could create a new Routing Group and move the branch server to it, but
it doesn't really buy you anything except a little better routing control,
useful in bandwidth-constrained environments.
- For OWA access from the internet, you would need to open up the necessary
ports to the branch server and insert an A record in your external DNS. For
users on both servers to be able to access OWA using the same URL, you would
need to install a FE server.
--
Bharat Suneja
MVP - Exchange
www.zenprise.com
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"abdul azeez" <abdulazeez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> The setup at head office as follows
>
> We have windows server 2003 and exchange server 2003 at different servers
>
> What are the settings need to be configured and kept in mind for
> installing
> exchange at the branch office
>
> For our office one branch is coming up for about 70 users at branch
> office.
> so we are planning to role out one exchange server at the branch.
>
> The branch will be connected with Headoffice with 2MB leased link for
> mail,
> internetacess, etc
>
> Can anyone guide me how to configure things etc?
>
> How replication will take place between two offices
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> --
> azeez
> IT specialist
> JCL