Stephen
Fri Aug 01 22:33:57 CDT 2003
Is there an article about how to set up MSN IM behind a
firewall. I do not want out side chat to run.
>-----Original Message-----
>A couple of points on this.
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>The IM built into SBS 2000 isn't included in SBS 2003,
so it's a dead-end
>feature. However, with proper configuration, you can run
MSN IM to
>communicate both outside the firewall, or with other
folks inside the
>firewall, and there's no SBS specific requirements, just
some tuning if you
>want to exchange files or voice of IM. This is probably a
simpler way to
>address this.
>
>In addition, if you enable IM on Exchange (within SBS),
you need to be aware
>that your configuration of Exchange and recovery of
databases (if you need
>to do that) has to remain consistent with the
configuration you had at the
>time the backup was made. In other words, you can restore
a non-IM enabled
>backup to a non-IM enabled condition on the Exchange, but
once you enable IM
>on Exchange, you can't restore a previous backup in which
IM was not
>enabled....unless you uninstall IM first. You can restore
an IM enabled
>backup on an IM enabled Exchange, of course. It's just
the crossing of the
>transition that isn't supported. Furthermore, you can
factor in that
>Exchange restores using different Exchange SPs is also a
complication.
>Therefore, if you decide to install IM and or an SP, you
need to carefully
>pay attention to exactly what condition you have the
server in, perform a
>disaster recovery backup of the Exchange immediately, and
keep in mind that
>it gets pretty complicated to require a restore later
that crosses over that
>transition point to a time further back. Likewise, if you
are following the
>thread of logic on this, because SBS is a DC running AD,
and System State
>restores are going to have implications for all
applications including
>Exchange and Exchange references in AD.....you are also
tying your overall
>backup condition into this limitation. I mention all of
this only because
>you need to realize that installing IM isn't a casual
update, it isn't
>necessarily reversible without creating more issues than
are readily
>apparent, and you may want to look at an option that has
an upgrade future
>which this doesn't.
>
>
>"Ray Fong [MSFT]" <rayfong@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:4phpejCWDHA.2000@cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl...
>> If you are talking about Exhange Chat, then you need to
get an enterprise
>> Exchange instead. SBS only come with Standard.
>> If you are talking about Insteat Messaging (IM)
Service, then please check
>> out this article:
>> 266643 XADM: How to Install Instant Messaging Service
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=266643
>>
>> Ray Fong
>> Microsoft SBS Product Support
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and confers no
>rights.
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>> >
>> >I would like to set up chat on my Domain. I am not
really
>> >sure how. Could any one tell me how?
>> >
>> >Thanks for your help.
>> >
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