Default mailbox store

I have just installed an Exchange front-end server, next to an existing
Windows SBS 2003 with an existing Exchange installation. Everything works
fine, except for the default mailbox location for new users.
When the SBS new user wizard is launched, there is no choice for where the
mailbox will be located, and it is installed on the front-end server. When
using ADUC on the SBS server I can choose the location, but this is limited
to the storage group on the back-end server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes,
Nick

Nick van Ogtrop-de Ruiter
<NickvanOgtropdeRuiter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have just installed an Exchange front-end server, next to an
> existing Windows SBS 2003 with an existing Exchange installation.
> Everything works fine, except for the default mailbox location for
> new users.
> When the SBS new user wizard is launched, there is no choice for
> where the mailbox will be located, and it is installed on the
> front-end server. When using ADUC on the SBS server I can choose the
> location, but this is limited to the storage group on the back-end
> server.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick

I didn't think a FE/BE config was supported in SBS. Are you certain it is?
I'd be surprised, especially given that there is really no benefit to a
FE/BE setup when you have only one BE server. You may need to use ADUC
rather than the wizards if you go with this setup. Just copy an existing
user, making sure it's in the right OU, and then in server manager after the
fact, run the "change user permissions" wizard.

SBS was never designed to truly take advantage of the front end/back end thing

What is your goal?

--
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Co-Author, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
A Microsoft Registered Partner
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Please do not submit questions directly to me.

"Nick van Ogtrop-de Ruiter" <NickvanOgtropdeRuiter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7ED9DFCA-041F-4702-9877-8819D3DE660C@microsoft.com...
I have just installed an Exchange front-end server, next to an existing
Windows SBS 2003 with an existing Exchange installation. Everything works
fine, except for the default mailbox location for new users.
When the SBS new user wizard is launched, there is no choice for where the
mailbox will be located, and it is installed on the front-end server. When
using ADUC on the SBS server I can choose the location, but this is limited
to the storage group on the back-end server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes,
Nick

Thank you both for your responses, the background info is that we wanted to
create a more secure solution for our customer, rather than having the DC
'directly' connected on the Internet. In addition to this, the existing DC
(SBS) was already functioning in a private network, and we elected not to
change that topology. It was also not clear to me that the FE/BE setup may
not be supported with SBS.

However, the FE/BE setup works fine, and OWA functions correctly (which was
the goal in this case). That said, OMA doesn't function correctly, but I
suspect that this has more to do with the installation which used an existing
Exchange 2003 SP1 installation, which was then upgraded to SP2.

Ideally what I need to find is where the default (SBS) user template can be
adjusted to use the BE store as the default mailbox store. As I've already
said, using ADUC works just fine, the mailbox is then set up in the BE store
- the SBS Server Manager wizard sets up new mailboxes in the FE store.

Thanks for your trouble.

Best wishes,
Nick

"Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" wrote:

> SBS was never designed to truly take advantage of the front end/back end thing
>
> What is your goal?
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
> Co-Author, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> ------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>

Nick van Ogtrop-de Ruiter
<NickvanOgtropdeRuiter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Thank you both for your responses, the background info is that we
> wanted to create a more secure solution for our customer, rather than
> having the DC 'directly' connected on the Internet.

Well, your firewall aside, it still is - just not for OWA access. And since
your FE server is, of course, a member of the domain, you aren't really
gaining anything from a security standpoint by doing this. Plus, it's a
pretty expensive thing to do for a small office - not like back in the
Exchange 5.5 days when you could install OWA without installing Exchange
proper.

>In addition to
> this, the existing DC (SBS) was already functioning in a private
> network, and we elected not to change that topology.

You wouldn't have needed to just to host OWA.

> It was also not
> clear to me that the FE/BE setup may not be supported with SBS.
>
> However, the FE/BE setup works fine, and OWA functions correctly
> (which was the goal in this case). That said, OMA doesn't function
> correctly, but I suspect that this has more to do with the
> installation which used an existing Exchange 2003 SP1 installation,
> which was then upgraded to SP2.

Well, I don't use OMA, myself (and you should get used to not doing so as
well, since it's gone in the next version). EAS is what I'd be more
concerned with, but that may work fine for you.
>
> Ideally what I need to find is where the default (SBS) user template
> can be adjusted to use the BE store as the default mailbox store. As
> I've already said, using ADUC works just fine, the mailbox is then
> set up in the BE store - the SBS Server Manager wizard sets up new
> mailboxes in the FE store.
>
> Thanks for your trouble.
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick

I doubt the template or wizards can be modified - they're a bit of a 'black
box'.
>
> "Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" wrote:
>
>> SBS was never designed to truly take advantage of the front end/back
>> end thing
>>
>> What is your goal?
>>
>> --
>> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
>> Co-Author, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
>> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
>> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
>> A Microsoft Registered Partner
>> ------------------------------------
>> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
>> Please do not submit questions directly to me.

I totally agree with LW
You haven't added to the security per se. If they can get to the doman
member they can get to the DC. Bank on it.

Configuring OWA to only support https which can be done with only the
Exchange on the SBS server and is the secure way to handle this and make
sure port 80 is closed.

--
Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
Co-Author, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft
Please do not submit questions directly to me.

"Nick van Ogtrop-de Ruiter"
<NickvanOgtropdeRuiter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B64F025C-63EF-46BC-ACAD-59AAE82F8C4F@microsoft.com...
> Thank you both for your responses, the background info is that we wanted
> to
> create a more secure solution for our customer, rather than having the DC
> 'directly' connected on the Internet. In addition to this, the existing
> DC
> (SBS) was already functioning in a private network, and we elected not to
> change that topology. It was also not clear to me that the FE/BE setup
> may
> not be supported with SBS.
>
> However, the FE/BE setup works fine, and OWA functions correctly (which
> was
> the goal in this case). That said, OMA doesn't function correctly, but I
> suspect that this has more to do with the installation which used an
> existing
> Exchange 2003 SP1 installation, which was then upgraded to SP2.
>
> Ideally what I need to find is where the default (SBS) user template can
> be
> adjusted to use the BE store as the default mailbox store. As I've
> already
> said, using ADUC works just fine, the mailbox is then set up in the BE
> store
> - the SBS Server Manager wizard sets up new mailboxes in the FE store.
>
> Thanks for your trouble.
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick
>
> "Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" wrote:
>
>> SBS was never designed to truly take advantage of the front end/back end
>> thing
>>
>> What is your goal?
>>
>> --
>> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
>> Co-Author, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
>> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
>> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
>> A Microsoft Registered Partner
>> ------------------------------------
>> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
>> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>>