We are a small co and I was wanting opinions on installing a new Exchange Server on the same hardware as our Web Server. Mail Server and Web Server on the same box? Web Server is in a DMZ so is there anything wrong with this? I hate to buy another server if I can use utilize what we have now. else what is a good argument to add a seperate server just for mail? Thanks in Advance Tim
- Security is a good argument, imo. In general, you don't want to locate your Exchange Server in perimeter networks. - Exchange Servers require access to Domain Controllers. - Outlook client communication with Exchange server requires RPC connectivity. You can lock this down to HTTPS by using RPC over HTTP(S). -- Bharat Suneja MVP - Exchange www.zenprise.com NEW blog location: exchangepedia.com/blog ---------------------------- "Tim" wrote in message news:ACC837E6-9F44-4CB3-92FB-43407B8C572B@microsoft.com... > We are a small co and I was wanting opinions on installing a new Exchange > Server on the same hardware as our Web Server. Mail Server and Web Server > on > the same box? > Web Server is in a DMZ so is there anything wrong with this? > > I hate to buy another server if I can use utilize what we have now. else > what is a good argument to add a seperate server just for mail? > Thanks in Advance > Tim
You have major security risks here. Just the holes you need to punch from the LAN to the DMZ for AD to work are enough to invite trouble. Separate server on the LAN. "Tim" wrote in message news:ACC837E6-9F44-4CB3-92FB-43407B8C572B@microsoft.com... > We are a small co and I was wanting opinions on installing a new Exchange > Server on the same hardware as our Web Server. Mail Server and Web Server > on > the same box? > Web Server is in a DMZ so is there anything wrong with this? > > I hate to buy another server if I can use utilize what we have now. else > what is a good argument to add a seperate server just for mail? > Thanks in Advance > Tim
As the others have mentioned separation is required for security. Also it depends on how much load the server is under with everything combined. Here's a link on how to set things up for a single 2003 server. http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Implementing-RPC-over-HTTPS-single-Exchange-Server-2003-environment.html "Tim" wrote in message news:ACC837E6-9F44-4CB3-92FB-43407B8C572B@microsoft.com... > We are a small co and I was wanting opinions on installing a new Exchange > Server on the same hardware as our Web Server. Mail Server and Web Server > on > the same box? > Web Server is in a DMZ so is there anything wrong with this? > > I hate to buy another server if I can use utilize what we have now. else > what is a good argument to add a seperate server just for mail? > Thanks in Advance > Tim
