I just got out from Exchange 2003 Server training and our instructor told us that Microsoft has changed their position about putting Front End servers in DMZ areas. They are now recommending that put all Front & Back end servers in your local network then use Proxy solutions to have your Front End servers to talk to outside of your network.
Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Ellis Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 7:40 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Upgrade 2000 to 2003 Can I please have comments on the following plan? The current setup: EX01, an Exchange 2000 Enterprise edition server sits on our LAN. In our DMZ we have MIS01, a Mobile Information Server 2002 server. (both these servers are member servers in the AD) Also in our DMZ, we have a workgroup win2k server which acts as our SMTP gateway for Exchange. Users access OWA on EX01 by connecting to our firewall using https, and the firewall NATs that through to EX01. All of that works fine. The plan: Taking advantage of our Software Assurance, upgrade EX01 to Exchange 2003 enterprise edition. Buy a license for Exchange 2003 Standard edition, and install that on MIS01, configure as front end server for OWA, connecting to mailboxes on EX01 Re-jig so MIS01 is also acting as our SMTP gateway, probably retaining the workgroup server as a backup MX MIS functionality (serversync, OMA, etc) is included in Ex2003, so we don't need MIS2002 anymore. Thanks in advance. Regards, Rob Ellis IT Manager Samsara Group plc Tel 023 9224 7979 Mob 07974 111867 MCP BEng(hons) _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
