The Resource Kit states that external users cannot be re-directed to their correct pool without the use of a Director. This is partially untrue. Directors are always optional in any circumstance even if you have multiple pools with external access. After talking with Tom Laciano over at LCSKid as well as a PSS escalation engineer, I think I have a pretty good understanding of … [Read more...] about Automatic Logons, Directors, and Client Redirections
Public IM Connectivity and Multiple SIP Domains
The main point of this article was to clear up some confusion as to how connectivity to a PIC provider works with multiple SIP domains as PIC providers ignore Subject Alternative Name (SAN) names in a certificate. So if we have multiple SIP domains, how exactly do we achieve PIC federation with multiple SIP domains? Well, read on and I'll tell you!Public IM Connectivity … [Read more...] about Public IM Connectivity and Multiple SIP Domains
Configuring Exchange 2007 Autodiscover Site Affinity
Autodiscover site Affinity is used in environments where you do not have good connectivity between all your sites and you would like Outlook 2007 clients to utilize Autodiscover services on a Client Access Server (CAS) to which the client would have good connectivity with. Or even if you have good or decent connectivity between your sites, you may still prefer for Outlook 2007 … [Read more...] about Configuring Exchange 2007 Autodiscover Site Affinity
How Anonymous Relay works in Exchange 2007
Yes there are many blogs out there that talk about how to enable anonymous relaying in Exchange 2007. One of the most popular of these is the official Microsoft Exchange Team Blog. That specific article is located here. Out of the articles I have read, I haven't seen any that really explain how/why relaying isn't enabled when you enable Anonymous users. I'll explain exactly … [Read more...] about How Anonymous Relay works in Exchange 2007
Secure SMTP between Edge Transport and Hub Transport
There seems to be some confusion as to how TLS connectivity between a Hub Transport and Edge Transport works. A large reason for this is due to the Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Server not being a part of your Corporate Active Directory. Because of this, people may think, that by default, Hub SMTP communication between a Hub Transport and Edge Transport is not encrypted and are … [Read more...] about Secure SMTP between Edge Transport and Hub Transport
