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date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:53:29 -0800,
group: microsoft.public.exchange.design
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Re: Two Site and One Exchange Server
RPC/HTTP works far better than I'd like to admit to ;)
Especially in situations like this, RPC/HTTP can be quite useful.
I don't know that you do need a mailbox server in both sites, but it's
possible that you do. If you have network problems, such as the vpn being
unusable, routers going down, etc that might affect their ability to get
mail, or you have large email attachments then you might want to consider
putting the mail server local with respect to the client. Nice thing about
RPC/HTTP is that it can be used from anywhere via the internet, so you can
avoid most of the issues above and save money and increase manageability by
having the server in one location only. Mostly depends on your needs.
Al
"Belron" wrote in message
news:BA295D20-7B1A-43B1-BE91-2FF270C34839@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Al,
>
> That clears some things up, I wonder if you dont mind if you could
> elaborate
> on a mailbox server at each site, does this mean i need exchange 2003 at
> each
> site?
> And in your experience does the RPC/HTTP links work well.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> goodit
>
>
> "Al Mulnick" wrote:
>
>> I think I understand what you're saying. Let me play it back just to be
>> sure.
>>
>> You have two sites that are each currently running NT4/Exchange 5.5
>> self-contained.
>> You may want to host just one active directory forest (same security
>> context) and one Exchange organization for both but you're concerned
>> about
>> the reliability of the VPN broadband link. Is that correct?
>>
>> If so, then I think the following might be worth your time to
>> investigate:
>>
>> 1) create a single AD forest and migrate the domain(s) to it. It's
>> possible
>> that one office is larger than the other and you'll want to upgrade in
>> place
>> for one and migrate the other. Deploy at least two domain controllers,
>> one
>> for each site. Make both a GC.
>> 2) Deploy a single Exchange 2003 infrastructure with a mailbox server at
>> both sites OR one server at one site with all users using that server.
>> Investigate using RPC/HTTP and route all mailbox traffic via the public
>> internet vs the VPN tunnel. I think the latter is much more appealing.
>>
>> -ajm
>>
>>
>> "Belron" wrote in message
>> news:027EB81E-7808-4C5E-8571-3CD69D41B2B3@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I hopw i explain this right, currently we have two separate office
>> > sites,
>> > at
>> > the moment both sites run there own domains and Exchange 5.5 servers on
>> > NT4
>> > indepenently.
>> > What i was wondering was we are now talking about upgrading both sites
>> > to
>> > Win 2003 servers and Exchange 2003, could i take this opportunity to
>> > just
>> > use
>> > one Exchange server at the main site and make use of AD for that
>> > Exchange
>> > server to send and receive all email for the companys both sites.
>> > My worry is that the sites are connected via a broadband VPN link at
>> > the
>> > moment and i am afraid that the comms infrastrucuture would not be able
>> > to
>> > handle the mail flow and the remote site would be very slow to get
>> > email.
>> >
>> > Does anybody have any advice on this.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > --
>> > goodit
>>
>>
>>
date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:29:14 -0500
author: Al Mulnick
Re: Two Site and One Exchange Server
thanks Al, all great stuff
--
goodit
"Al Mulnick" wrote:
> RPC/HTTP works far better than I'd like to admit to ;)
> Especially in situations like this, RPC/HTTP can be quite useful.
>
> I don't know that you do need a mailbox server in both sites, but it's
> possible that you do. If you have network problems, such as the vpn being
> unusable, routers going down, etc that might affect their ability to get
> mail, or you have large email attachments then you might want to consider
> putting the mail server local with respect to the client. Nice thing about
> RPC/HTTP is that it can be used from anywhere via the internet, so you can
> avoid most of the issues above and save money and increase manageability by
> having the server in one location only. Mostly depends on your needs.
>
> Al
>
> "Belron" wrote in message
> news:BA295D20-7B1A-43B1-BE91-2FF270C34839@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Al,
> >
> > That clears some things up, I wonder if you dont mind if you could
> > elaborate
> > on a mailbox server at each site, does this mean i need exchange 2003 at
> > each
> > site?
> > And in your experience does the RPC/HTTP links work well.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > --
> > goodit
> >
> >
> > "Al Mulnick" wrote:
> >
> >> I think I understand what you're saying. Let me play it back just to be
> >> sure.
> >>
> >> You have two sites that are each currently running NT4/Exchange 5.5
> >> self-contained.
> >> You may want to host just one active directory forest (same security
> >> context) and one Exchange organization for both but you're concerned
> >> about
> >> the reliability of the VPN broadband link. Is that correct?
> >>
> >> If so, then I think the following might be worth your time to
> >> investigate:
> >>
> >> 1) create a single AD forest and migrate the domain(s) to it. It's
> >> possible
> >> that one office is larger than the other and you'll want to upgrade in
> >> place
> >> for one and migrate the other. Deploy at least two domain controllers,
> >> one
> >> for each site. Make both a GC.
> >> 2) Deploy a single Exchange 2003 infrastructure with a mailbox server at
> >> both sites OR one server at one site with all users using that server.
> >> Investigate using RPC/HTTP and route all mailbox traffic via the public
> >> internet vs the VPN tunnel. I think the latter is much more appealing.
> >>
> >> -ajm
> >>
> >>
> >> "Belron" wrote in message
> >> news:027EB81E-7808-4C5E-8571-3CD69D41B2B3@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > I hopw i explain this right, currently we have two separate office
> >> > sites,
> >> > at
> >> > the moment both sites run there own domains and Exchange 5.5 servers on
> >> > NT4
> >> > indepenently.
> >> > What i was wondering was we are now talking about upgrading both sites
> >> > to
> >> > Win 2003 servers and Exchange 2003, could i take this opportunity to
> >> > just
> >> > use
> >> > one Exchange server at the main site and make use of AD for that
> >> > Exchange
> >> > server to send and receive all email for the companys both sites.
> >> > My worry is that the sites are connected via a broadband VPN link at
> >> > the
> >> > moment and i am afraid that the comms infrastrucuture would not be able
> >> > to
> >> > handle the mail flow and the remote site would be very slow to get
> >> > email.
> >> >
> >> > Does anybody have any advice on this.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> > --
> >> > goodit
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:11:27 -0800
author: Belron
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