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date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:18:02 -0700,    group: microsoft.public.exchange.design        back       


RPC over HTTP single server setup   
We have only a single Exchange 2003 server running SP1 in a 2003 AD 
environment. We need to configure it to support RPC over HTTP. The articles I 
have found say that for single server designs, the exchange server requires 
that it be a Global Catalog as well. Does this mean I need to make my 
exchange server a domain controller as well?

This does not seem like the best design. Are there any security concerns 
with having my mail server also be a domain controller?
date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:18:02 -0700   author:   jacksors

Re: RPC over HTTP single server setup   
No, you should not make the Exchange server a DC if you can help it. Follow 
this article, it doesn't say anything about making the Exchange server a DC.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=833401

The reference to a global catalog is just referencing ports used by 
Exchange.

-- 
Hope it helps

dw

_______________________________
Don Wilwol
donwilwol(DELETE)@yahoo.com
http://spaces.msn.com/members/wilwol/


"jacksors"  wrote in message 
news:07F47401-8B08-42E2-9E6E-16735FB4C03F@microsoft.com...
> We have only a single Exchange 2003 server running SP1 in a 2003 AD
> environment. We need to configure it to support RPC over HTTP. The 
> articles I
> have found say that for single server designs, the exchange server 
> requires
> that it be a Global Catalog as well. Does this mean I need to make my
> exchange server a domain controller as well?
>
> This does not seem like the best design. Are there any security concerns
> with having my mail server also be a domain controller?
date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:34:42 -0400   author:   Don Wilwol donWilwol@(EMAIL)yahoo.com

Re: RPC over HTTP single server setup   
This was the article I was referencing. What particularly caught my attention 
was the statement at the beginning of the article: "Single server
In this configuration, you have a single server that is configured to 
function as a global catalog server, an Exchange computer, and an RPC proxy 
server."

so what I take that to mean, is exactly what it says. The server needs to 
have exchange on it, host a GC, and have the RPC over HTTP proxy component 
loaded.

Later in the article it discusses that the registery needs to be modified on 
all GC servers. The registry key it refeneces does not exist on my Exchange 
box currently because it is not a GC. If I dont have to install AD that would 
be great. However, this article leads me to believe that I have no other 
choice.

If I were to not install AD on the exchange server, and modify the registery 
on the domain controllers hosting GC's, would I then also need to load the 
RPC over HTTP protocol on the domain controllers as well? 

With this design it seems like we are moving to a multiple server 
configuration instead of the single server configuration as referenced in the 
title of the article. I don't see any way around making the exchange server a 
DC. I would like to avoid this at all costs. 

"Don Wilwol" wrote:

> No, you should not make the Exchange server a DC if you can help it. Follow 
> this article, it doesn't say anything about making the Exchange server a DC.
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=833401
> 
> The reference to a global catalog is just referencing ports used by 
> Exchange.
> 
> -- 
> Hope it helps
> 
> dw
> 
> _______________________________
> Don Wilwol
> donwilwol(DELETE)@yahoo.com
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/wilwol/
> 
> 
> "jacksors"  wrote in message 
> news:07F47401-8B08-42E2-9E6E-16735FB4C03F@microsoft.com...
> > We have only a single Exchange 2003 server running SP1 in a 2003 AD
> > environment. We need to configure it to support RPC over HTTP. The 
> > articles I
> > have found say that for single server designs, the exchange server 
> > requires
> > that it be a Global Catalog as well. Does this mean I need to make my
> > exchange server a domain controller as well?
> >
> > This does not seem like the best design. Are there any security concerns
> > with having my mail server also be a domain controller? 
> 
> 
>
date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:29:07 -0700   author:   jacksors

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