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by billc124 1 view

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I am looking to setup OWA in a small company environment. We only have one Exchange server. I am thinking of setting up a front end server for security purposes. It will be behind a firewall. My question is two parts.

1. If I have Exchange 2000 Enterprise on my backend, do I need to run the same version on the Frontend, or can I run Exchange 2000 regular.

2. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best plan of action. Again, this is a small company I am doing this for so I don't need somebig corporate solution. I do already have a firewall in place.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Bill

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by tony.colgrove

1) You have to run Enterprise on the Front-End. The plain server version does not support this function. The Back-End can be running either version.
2) If your firewall supports a DMZ, place the FE there. Then you will only need to open the protocol ports from the internet to the FE. (You should use SSL, which means only opening 443). Then you will need to open the nessecary ports to the BE. See article 280132 for the listing.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q280/1/32.ASP

by tony.colgrove

Have deployed this type of solution to a small client (30 users) and to a large client (8000 users). FE/BE works very well.

by billc124

Thanks, Do you know if the thing about the FE being enterprise is documented anywhere. I need to have documentation of this in order to get funds. The points are yours if you can find me where it is documented.

Thanks,

Bill

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