Microsoft's recommendation comes from the way they roll-out nodes in the service.
It certainly makes sense "at scale", but not necessarily for the average on-premises company. As with many things Exchange, you evaluate what works best for you... From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Chenault Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Exchange] Cas and Mailbox on the same server. Personally I prefer to break out the CAS role onto standalone boxen (or VMs). Separation of church and state, I mean data and connectivity. ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Exchange] Cas and Mailbox on the same server. Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 14:26:10 +0000 I was talking to a friend who had been advised from Microsoft to put CAS and Mailbox role on the same 2013 server that is in a DAG with about 1000 mailboxes, interesting to hear if anyone else has gone this way or your thoughts? Regards, Paul. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Selection Services Ltd using the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. ______________________________________________________________________
