When you install Exchange 2010, a default accepted domain name is configured automatically. The default domain name is populated from Active Directory forest root domain. For example, if you have a forest root domain of company.local then the default accepted domain name will be company.local. .local domain name is not routable on the Internet so […]
After installing Exchange Server you have to do various configuration and adjustments to start sending and receiving mails in Exchange 2010. Here I will show you steps to configure Exchange Server to send and receive outside email. Configure Exchange Server to Send and Receive Outside Email Open Exchange Management Console from Exchange Server that you […]
After installing Exchange 2010, you need to setup different URLs for various Exchange services that needs to be accesses from internal and external network. The Exchange services that needs URL configuration are, Outlook Web Access (OWA), ActiveSync, Exchange Control Panel (ECP), Offline Address Book (OWA), WebServices, AutoDiscover and Outlook Anywhere. It is highly recommended that you […]
Send Connector allows you to send emails from your Exchange server to other domains out on the Internet. When you install Exchange 2010, receive connector is created automatically by default. But you will have to create Send Connector manually. This article shows steps to configure Send Connector in Exchange 2010. Configure Send Connector in Exchange […]
Many organizations have .local domain as root domain in their Active Directory. For example, company.local, etc. .local domain names are not Internet routable. Meaning you won’t be able to send or receive emails to or from email address which contains .local SMTP address. In fact, you can’t have .local domain in your public DNS server […]
Exchange server is one of the popular messaging platform in enterprise. Today I will show you steps to install Exchange server 2010 in Windows Server 2008 R2. There are some operating system prerequisites that must be fulfilled to install the Exchange server successfully. Basic hardware requirements are 64-bit processor with at least 2 GB of […]
In order to access emails from Internet using Outlook application, Outlook Anywhere feature must be enabled in Exchange 2010. Outlook Anywhere replaces the need for VPN to access Exchange mailbox from Internet. Outlook Anywhere uses HTTPS/443 port and uses digital certificate to encrypt traffic. So the domain name that will be used to access Exchange […]