Re: Second SBS2003 Server with Exchange Public Folder Replication

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JohnB <JohnB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Great advise and thank you for the support. Were already using RPC
over HTTP cached mode and will create a reduntand connection with a
second provider.

How does adding PFs to users Outlook Favorites & configuring that for
cached mode as well help?

Because that data will be available in their offline folders.

Does this allow for the posts to be
referenced without server connectivity?

Yes.



Good advice. I agree on all counts. If they need access to some
specific main office content outside of exchange, and connectivity
is a problem, then possibly a main off Terminal Server would be a
useful addition, but it doesn't sound like that is a need, at least
at this point. Taking advantage of RPC over HTTP is the key to this.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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JohnB <JohnB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Good day,

Were looking to install a second SBS2003 STD Domain Controller in a
remote site. We have 25 users total with 15 in our main office and
10 connecting remotely from our offsite office all working with a
few public folders. (30 user licenses installed) Our offsite
staff has grown from 5 to 10 and due to some infrequent
connectivity problems and the increase in users we would like to
install a second domain controller in our remote office
replicating the public folders between the two servers and build
some redundancy should one of the servers fail if possible.

Can we use SBS2003 as a second domain controller in our off site
office?

Nope. It would be a completely different AD domain, and you
couldn't have Exchange replicate between them.

If so then how if http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884453
states that only one SBS server can exist on the domain?

That is entirely correct.

Is there a support article that would indicate how to configure the
Exchange public folder replication for these two servers?

They can't.....

Would 25 additional licenses be required for the additional SBS
Server?

I'd forget this idea - it's overly complicated, and you likely
won't get what you wish or expect out of it. You can use only one
SBS server in your domain.

If this remote site is part of your company, another domain is
unwise anyway, even without SBS. I'd just stick a W2003 DC in that
location (and configure it for AD-integrated DNS). Set it up in
its own AD Site/Subnet (AD Sites & Services). The users will
authenticate locally.

You could of course buy Exchange 2003 on that W2k3 server, and
install it into the existing Exchange org/admin group, but why? I
think you'd need Exchange CALs for it, and frankly, for 10 users in
a remote location I don't see why they'd really need their own
Exchange server.

I'd just configure those users with Outlook 2003 using RPC over
HTTP to the main office's Exchange (SBS) box, using cached mode,
and add the PFs to their Outlook Favorites & configure that for
cached mode as well.



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