I am in the process of integrating an Exchange Server 2013 server with my Server 2012 Essentials server, and I have a question about some information the Exchange 2013 Deployment Assistant is asking me about my organization.
I have a Server 2012 Essentials server named ESSENTIALS, my active directory domain is MYDOMAIN.LOCAL, and my external name for this server is REMOTE.MYDOMAIN.COM.
I have a second Server 2012 Standard server named EXCHANGE, it is joined as a member server to the MYDOMAIN.LOCAL domain, and it will have an external name of MAIL.MYDOMAIN.COM. I am in the process of installing Exchange 2013 on this server using the Deployment Assistant.
The Exchange 2013 Deployment Assistant is asking me some information about my organization, and I am not certain how to answer these questions. Specifically, it is asking me for:
- Active Directory forest root --> I assume it is MYDOMAIN.LOCAL
- External Exchange 2013 FQDN for the following services:
- Outlook Anywhere
- Offline Address Book
- Exchange Web Services (EWS)
- Exchange ActiveSync --> I assume this will be MAIL.MYDOMAIN.COM
- Internal Exchange 2013 FQDN for the following services:
- Outlook Anywhere
- Offline Address Book
- Remote PowerShell
- Exchange Web Services (EWS)
- Exchange ActiveSync
Internal URL different than external URL --> I assume this also will be MAIL.MYDOMAIN.COM because the guide I am reading says"If you need to configure virtual directories, we recommend that you also set the InternalUrl property to be the same URL as the ExternalUrl property for each virtual directory"
- External Exchange 2013 FQDN for the following services:
- Outlook Web App
- ECP (Exchange Admin Center) --> I assume this will be MAIL.MYDOMAIN.COM
- Internal Exchange 2013 FQDN for the following services:
- Outlook Web App
- ECP (Exchange Admin Center)
Internal URL different than external URL --> I assume this also will be MAIL.MYDOMAIN.COM because the guide I am reading says"If you need to configure virtual directories, we recommend that you also set the InternalUrl property to be the same URL as the ExternalUrl property for each virtual directory"
- Autodiscover FQDN --> I assume this will be AUTODISCOVER.MYDOMAIN.COM
- Primary SMTP namespace --> I assume this will be MYDOMAIN.COM
- User principal name domain --> I assume this will be MYDOMAIN.COM
If anyone that has successfully integrated Exchange Server 2013 with Server 2012 Essentials has any recommendations on any of these answers asked by the Exchange 2013 Deployment Assistant about my organization, your help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank-you!
Tony Paletti
Tony Paletti PCMD Computer Service, LLC. Milwaukee, WI 53214 (414) 475-5777 tony@pcmdusa.com