John
Mon Sep 26 18:23:47 CDT 2005
If they Qualify for the Connector License, then Yes. I would verify from a
Microsoft Licensed Reseller (CDW, etc.) or Software Advisor this is the
case. If so, then I would also verify from them would the Connector License
be valid in a SBS Domain even with an additional Exchange Server for the
Connector License?
--
John Oliver, Jr.
MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP
Microsoft Certified Partner
"Keith the confused" <Keiththeconfused@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0D964121-888D-417F-98D0-E1255ACB471B@microsoft.com...
>I was under the impression that the external connector liscence would
>suffice
> for the agents since the only access to the network would be Via the web
> in
> OWA?
> Is this not what the External Connector license was disigned for?
>
> Please advice
> --
> Keith the confused
>
>
>
>
> "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> The problem I see here is that technically the Agents would need Windows
>> CAL's in addition to the Exchange CAL's to access the Exchange Enterprise
>> Server. At that point, it would make more sense to just move away from
>> SBS
>> and to a Standard Windows Domain since the additional 12 users is really
>> a
>> drop in the bucket if you need 280 Windows CAL's and Exchange CAL's for
>> all
>> the Agents.
>>
>> Your Fallback plan is really your only course to proceed with. One thing
>> you should be aware of if you plan on making Exchange 2003 DC,
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822179
>>
>> FYI: Exchange 2003 SP2 coming later this year increases the Store Limits
>> to
>> 74GB from 16GB on Exchange Standard. Just thought you might want to know
>> this since Exchange Enterprise will cost much more than Exchange
>> Standard.
>> You could always start out with Exchange Standard and upgrade later to
>> Exchange Enterprise if you find you are tight on space.
>>
>> --
>> John Oliver, Jr.
>> MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP
>> Microsoft Certified Partner
>>
>> "Keith the confused" <Keiththeconfused@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in
>> message news:A7B2648C-9B8B-4596-BB0D-87DC7049D853@microsoft.com...
>> > Our client has a 2k sbs environment with a dozen users. Currently 280
>> > agents,
>> > that work on behalf of the company, use mail services provided by a
>> > offsite
>> > hosted mail server.
>> >
>> > They want to have control over the mail for the entire organization but
>> > as
>> > we all know sbs's exchange would up and die.
>> >
>> > We would like to:
>> > add an Ent. Exchange server with OWA to the sbs network
>> > Liscense the internal users properly for the new server
>> > create mail enabled contacts for the agents
>> > add the external conector to the new server to cover the agents access
>> >
>> > The part I see problems with is Exchange needing to authenticate the
>> > agents
>> > and the SBS restrictions.
>> >
>> > Is there any way to do this in a SBS network.
>> >
>> > My fall back plan is to put a 'dummy' domain mycompany.mail on the
>> > Exchange
>> > server. I would only need to liscence the 12 users and thats not a big
>> > deal.
>> > The exchange server would host AD and be the only computer in its
>> > domain?
>> >
>> > Any help fitting this server into the SBS network would be great. I
>> > plan
>> > to
>> > upgrade them to SBS2003 so they can use RWW and it would be nice if the
>> > OWA
>> > links worked?
>> >
>> > __Side bar__ If I need to uninstall the SBS version of Exchange,will
>> > Add/remove break anything that is not related to Exchange?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > These forums are worth their weight in gold!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Keith the confused MCSE
>> >
>>
>>
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