Re: Front-end 2003 "Single Point of Access"
From: Steve Schiemann[MSFT] (sschiem_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/02/04
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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 14:16:31 -0600
Here's the FE/BE paper:
-- Steve Schiemann Microsoft Exchange Support Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Bryan Nyce" <bryan_nyce@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1a839eb21cf878a6989691@msnews.microsoft.com... > In article <Oz3hUMq5DHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, > leonard_kathy@hotmail.com says... > > Hi there, > > > > I've read about using FE/BE configuration to provide users with a "single > > point of access" but I am unsure of how it works. When users connect using > > OWA, they currently connect to a front-end Ex2003 server, however, in their > > Outlook profiles users must always specify the NetBios name of the back-end > > server to connect (currently an Ex2000 server). > > > > We are in the process of lauching a new Ex2003 back-end and we will need to > > support Outlook 2000, XP and 2003. We are publishing through ISA securely. > > Some users will have the ability to connect using RPC over HTTPS but others > > will not have upgraded equipment or office products. Once mailboxes are > > moved to a new Ex2003 back-end, how do older Outlook clients connect to > > their mailbox? Will we be able to have them connect to a "single point of > > access" so that we don't have to update profiles the next time a major > > upgrade occurs? > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > Kathy Leonard > > > > > > > > The "single point of access" concept only applies to OWA, POP3 and IMAP4 > clients. It does not apply to MAPI clients. Now, ISA has the ability to > publish the exchange server using MAPI, much like RPC/HTTPS (which, as > you know, requires Outlook 2003). > > -- > Bryan Nyce
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