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The Pain of Putting the Front-end Exchange in the DMZ

I finally finished the ISA 2004/Exchange Deployment Kit doc on the FE/BE Exchange config where the front-end is in a trihomed DMZ segment. What a pain! Actually, the ISA config is easy, but there are so many steps in configuring the Exchange Servers, Exchange Services, Email clients and certificate management, its easy to miss a step. On top of that, add in the vargaries of spazzing out virtual machines. Not sleeping for over 24 probably doesn't help either :-)

However, the final doc is a real work of art. I know that everyone has been wanting support for the FE in the DMZ, and now with ISA 2004 is works.

I hope I'll be able to demo the config for you at TechEd. Maybe if I get really motivated, I'll do some .avi movies of the config and put them on CD for you to take home. If only I could buy more hours in day. I'm getting up before going to bed these days!

Thanks!

Tom

Posted: Apr 22 2004, 04:23 AM by shinder | with 6 comment(s)
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shinder said:

Sounds like you are doing the hard yards Tom. Many thanks from all of us. Why stop with avi's, maybe you could rip a few DVD's for us so i can watch them on the couch :)

Greg
# April 22, 2004 5:47 PM

shinder said:

Hi Greg,

Ha! Not a bad idea. Maybe I'll do a rock video of myself playing my Les Paul and include it on the DVD :)

Thanks!
Tom
# April 23, 2004 2:27 AM

shinder said:

Tom

Im jealous, i just bought another strat but a gold top would be next on my list if work can finance it for me. Maybe i have to get into writing ISA books too. Then maybe we could do a dvd together. I'll have to wait till my hair grows long again though im afraid.

Greg
# May 3, 2004 6:40 PM

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^_^,Pretty Good!
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