Re: Exchange server and Administrative Groups

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From: Steve Antonio [MSFT] (steveant_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/02/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 12:26:58 -0500

Vikki,

In Exchange Server 5.5 and earlier, the site defined the boundary for the
administrative topology as well as for the routing topology. Real world
scenarios differentiate distinctly between these two concepts. Therefore, in
Exchange 2000 Server, the site has been split into two distinct
concepts--the <Administrative Group> and the <Routing Group>.

An Administrative Group is a collection of Exchange objects that are grouped
together for the purposes of permission management. The collection of
Administrative Groups defines the administrative topology of an
organization. An Administrative Group can contain zero or more policies,
routing groups, public folder trees, monitors, servers, conferencing
services, and chat networks.

A Routing Group is a collection of "well-connected" Exchange Server
computers. Messages sent between any two servers within a Routing Group are
routed directly from source to target. Full mesh, 24x7 connectivity is
assumed. Any messages sent from a server in one Routing Group to a server in
another Routing Group must be routed to a bridgehead in the source Routing
Group and over to a bridgehead in the destination Routing Group.

Hope that helps! 

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Cheers,
Steve Antonio
Microsoft Exchange Support
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"Vikki Wei" <vikki_wei@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F853FDFB-4D02-4BD3-8598-5C3BB4288BB5@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to understand the rational of creating multiple administrative
groups in an organization. And advantage does it have to configure exchange
servers in different administrative groups?
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> -Vikki
>

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