I am building new servers with a Domain controller a file server and a Exchange server. We come from Windows Small Bus. Server 2003 were this is all intergrated and I want them seperate due to the loading on the systems as we grow.. I have purchased the software and Cals and have the domain controller setup with companyname.local and the file server is also a domain controller attached . The Exchange server box is a Domain member.. So all three servers are working , networked and all is fine. Now I have a registered domain such as companyname.ca and I would of course be using fred@companyname.ca as an example of the email addresses..
I loaded Exchange 2003 (standard) on the server doing forest and domain prep but when I create a new user on the domain controller it asks me for the username and passwords plus it states Email Username field and then a domain pull down which only shows the companyname.local not the companyname.ca that I want and it does not create the user in the Exchange server so I am lost.
I have a feeling that the issue is that we have .local on the inside domain and I want .ca on the outside mail domain..
Does anyone know of white papers on the setup of Exchange but more so on how to do this when you use .local and .ca in the same domain..
