Re: Remote access to anon FQDN server



Hi Edward,

Thanks for your information. You've been very good it explaining the
solution and I think I can go ahead and do some testing and after that apply
it to the actually environment. Thanks so much for your kind support.

cheers
"Edward Tian" <v-edtian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dear Susantha:
> Thanks for your update! :)
>
> In SBS environment, the CEICW Wizard can automatically publish OWA for
> internet users. In your case, you can input your public IP address to be
> the new Web server certificate on the "Web Server Certificate" page during
> the process of CEICW Wizard. Then you will be able to access OWA from a
> remote client using http://<public IP>/exchange.
>
> Look foward to hearing how it goes.
> Have a nice day!
>
> Best Regards
> Edward Tian(MSFT)
> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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> | Reply-To: "susantha silva" <susanthasilva@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> | From: "susantha silva" <susanthasilva@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> | References: <uFuXD0TrFHA.3604@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> | Subject: Re: Remote access to anon FQDN server
> | Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:31:08 +0100
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> | Hi Edward,
> |
> | Thanks a lot for your kind support. BTW my requirement is slightly
> | different from what you've mentioned but I think I an apply that as it
> is.
> | The thing is branch offices are independent office and they don't need
> to
> | connect to the head office at all! All they need is their users to allow
> to
> | connect to their home server and access the shared files. I preferred to
> | config the e-mail but because my lack of knowledge in SMTP side I'm
> trying
> | to config POP3 in the server side to retrieve mails from the isp and
> forward
> | to exchange mail boxes. But my concern is if they access their e-mail
> from
> | home that means they will not get that e-mails into the server (am I
> right
> | over here?) so is there anything I can do to prevent this? well if the
> | remote connection successful I can ask them to use OWA hopefully. Tell
> the
> | truth I'm really lost in this mail matter also. Anyway thanks lot for
> the
> | information you've provided I'll keep them safe with me to try hem out
> in
> | the customer site.
> |
> | cheers
> | Susantha
> |
> | "Edward Tian" <v-edtian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> | news:%23VhLvCdrFHA.472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | > Dear Susantha:
> | > Thank you for posting here!
> | >
> | > From your description, I understand that you want to use VPN to
> connect
> to
> | > your branch office which doesn't have a valid FQDN. If I have
> | > misunderstood
> | > your concern, please feel free to let me know.
> | >
> | > Based on my experience, if the VPN Server doesn't have a public FQDN,
> you
> | > can establish the VPN connection using public IP address instead.
> Please
> | > note that the certificate which you are prompted to enter in the
> process
> | > of
> | > CEICW is not relevant to VPN connection. We can use the Remote Access
> | > Wizard feature to configure the VPN Server.
> | >
> | > Please follow the steps below:
> | > 1. Go to the SBS box, open the Server management console. Navigate to
> | > Internet and E-mail, on the right pane, click "Configure Remote
> Access".
> | >
> | > 2. Click Next and select Enable remote access, check the option "VPN
> | > access" and click Next.
> | >
> | > 3. If you have enabled DHCP service to allocate IP address, you can
> choose
> | > "Use DHCP to assign IP addresses". If not, or if you prefer, you can
> | > select
> | > "Use static IP addresses" and enter the range of Start IP and End IP.
> Make
> | > sure the range of the IP addresses is within the internal subnet of
> the
> | > branch office.
> | >
> | > 4. On the VPN Server Name page, please enter the public IP address of
> the
> | > SBS server and click Next, Finish.
> | >
> | > 5. Then click "Create Remote Connection Disk", follow the instruction
> and
> | > then you will get a disk which is used to be installed on the remote
> | > computer.
> | >
> | > 6. Copy the sbspackage.exe to a remote computer, run this file and
> then
> | > you
> | > will find a short cut named "Shortcut to Connect to Small Business
> | > Server",
> | > enter the valid user name and password, afterwards you will be able to
> | > establish the VPN connection.
> | >
> | > Moreover, you can also manually configure the VPN connection on your
> | > remote
> | > client side.
> | > You can follow this knowledge base article to do so:
> | >
> | > How to configure a VPN connection to your corporate network in Windows
> XP
> | > Professional
> | > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;305550
> | >
> | > If the users don't have the permission to establish the VPN
> connection,
> | > please follow the steps below:
> | > 1. Open Server management console, navigate to Users. On the right
> pane,
> | > double click the user name to which you want to grant the Remote
> Access
> | > permission.
> | >
> | > 2. Click the Dial-in pane, and change the option "Remote Access
> Permission
> | > (Dial-in or VPN)" to Allow access.
> | >
> | > 3. Click OK. Then this user will be able to VPN to the Server from a
> | > remote
> | > computer.
> | >
> | >
> | > In addition, please note that you cannot put your internal FQDN (for
> | > example: test.local) due to the fact that the internet DNS Server is
> not
> | > capable to resolve test.local to a valid internet IP address. However,
> | > this
> | > internal FQDN can only be recognized by your internal DNS Server. :-)
> | >
> | > Hope the above information helps. Please feel free to let me know if
> you
> | > have any questions or concerns.
> | >
> | > Have a nice day! :)
> | >
> | > Best Regards
> | > Edward Tian(MSFT)
> | > Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
> | >
> | > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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> | >
> | > Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
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> | > --------------------
> | > | Reply-To: "susantha silva" <susanthasilva@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> | > | From: "susantha silva" <susanthasilva@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> | > | Subject: Remote access to anon FQDN server
> | > | Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:30:04 +0100
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> | > | Hi All,
> | > |
> | > | As per the Heading can I remotely connect to a server which don't
> have
> | > a
> | > | FQDN. In the CECIW can I put my test.local instead of test.com? The
> | > problem
> | > | is I've a client which head office already have the FQDN registered
> to
> | > their
> | > | side. So the other branch offices which work independently also want
> to
> | > | connect to their servers remotely to access files and check their
> mails.
> | > So
> | > | how can I set them for VPN without a FQDN?
> | > |
> | > |
> | > |
> | >
> |
> |
> |
>


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