Exchange 2013
Exchange Server Role Architecture in
Exchange Server 2013
• Server roles in Exchange Server 2013:
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Client Access Server
Mailbox Server
• Client Access Server provides:
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Client authentication
Redirection and proxy services
Support for client protocols (HTTP,POP,IMAP,SMTP)
• Mailbox Server provides:
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Mailbox and public-folder database
Transport services
Unified Messaging
• Client connectivity is only established using RPC over HTTPS
Configuration that uses multiple
databases per volume
Exchange Server 2013 Hybrid
Deployment with Office 365
• Hybrid Exchange Deployment provides following features:
Mail routing with a shared domain namespace
• Unified global address list
• Free/busy and calendar sharing
• Centralized control of mail flow
• A single Outlook Web App URL
• Ability to move existing mailboxes to the cloud
• Centralized mailbox management
• Cloud-based message archiving
• Additional components needed for hybrid deployment:
• Microsoft Federation Gateway
• Active Directory synchronization
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Managing Exchange Server 2013
Methods for Exchange Server 2013 management:
Exchange Administration Center
• Outlook Web App options
• Exchange Management Shell
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What Is Exchange Server Administration Center?
Managing User Mailbox Properties with
Outlook Web App
• Users can manage the following features by using
Outlook Web App:
Outlook Web App settings
• Manage inbox rules
• Message tracking
• Manage site mailboxes and text messaging
• Manage mobile devices
• Group memberships
• Recover deleted messages
• Block and allow lists
• Change their password
• Manage apps
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How Site Mailboxes work
What Is Exchange Management Shell?
• Exchange Management Shell is a command-line interface
for administering Exchange Server 2013
• Exchange Management Shell includes the following
features:
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Provides more than several hundreds cmdlets for Exchange Server
2013 administration
Offers an extensible scripting engine
Applies RBAC permissions
The Mailbox Server Role in Exchange 2013
• In Exchange Server 2013, the Mailbox Server role provides:
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Hosting for mailbox databases
Hosting for public folders
Transport and message routing services:
• Hub Transport service
• Mailbox Transport services
Unified Messaging service
High-availability services
• Mailbox Server role features enhacements such as:
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Improved transaction logs for DAGs
Enhanced site resiliency
Improved Smart Store
How the Mailbox Server Role Interacts with
Clients and the Client Access Server
• The Hub Transport service on the Mailbox server
communicates with the Transport service on the Client Access
server
Types of Exchange Server Recipients
Exchange Server recipients include:
• User mailboxes
• Mail contacts
• Mail users
• Resource mailboxes
• Shared mailboxes
• Mail-enabled security and distribution groups
• Dynamic distribution groups
• Linked mailboxes
• Remote mailboxes
• Site mailboxes
Managing Mailboxes
What Are Site Mailboxes?
Compliance
Members
Owners
Clients
Site
Mailbox
Outlook
SharePoint
Management
Membership
Shared Storage
Owners
Members
Provisioning
Lifecycle
Exchange Site Mailbox
SharePoint Site
What Is a Shared Mailbox?
• Shared mailboxes are used to provide multiple
users access to a common mailbox
• Shared mailboxes can be created in a single step
in the EAC or Exchange Management Shell
• Users can be granted Full Access and Send As
permissions
Implementing Self-Service Distribution
Group Management
• To enable group self-service:
• Assign non-Exchange administrators as distribution group
owners
• Enable open distribution group memberships
• Enable users to create and manage their own distribution
groups
• Use group naming policies to manage the
distribution group names
Using Public Folders in Exchange Server 2013
• In Exchange Server 2013:
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Public folders are stored in public folder mailboxes
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Public folder mailboxes are stored in regular mailbox
databases
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Can be placed in mailbox databases that are in a DAG
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Public folder content can be spread across multiple public
folder mailboxes
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Cannot be accessed through OWA
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The primary public folder mailbox contains the only
writeable copy of the public folder hierarchy
How Does a Client Access Server Work?
Outlook Web App
EAS
PowerShell
POP/IMAP
EAC
SMTP
Outlook
SIP
Firewall
Client
Access
Redirect
IIS
HTTP Proxy
POP,
IMAP
IIS
RpcProxy
Mailbox
RPS
RPC
MDB
SMTP
POP, IMAP
HTTP
IIS
SIP + RTP
OWA,
EAS,
EWS,
ECP,
OAB
POP,
IMAP
UM
SMTP
Transport
MailQ
UM
What Is Outlook Web App Light?
• Outlook Web App Light is an application within
Outlook Web App that works with older browsers
• Outlook Web App Light provides:
Connectivity to user mailbox from mobile browsers
• Subset of functionalities of Outlook Web App
• Secure authentication
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Connecting Non-Outlook Clients to the Client
Access Server
• Non-Outlook clients can connect to Exchange
Server by using:
POP3 protocol
• IMAP4 protocol
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• Consider using Outlook WebApp as an alternative
for a locally installed email client
• Consider using the Windows 8 built-in Mail
application that connects to Exchange by using
ActiveSync
Integrated Applications in Outlook Web App
• Integrated Apps in OWA enhance user experience
by suggesting tasks based on messages’ content
• Preinstalled applications are:
• Bing
• Action Items
• Suggested Apointments
• Unsubscribe
• You can add apps from the Office Store, a URL or
from a file
Bing Map mail app activated for a
message in Outlook
Links for sample Outlook Apps
Mail apps for Outlook: Display Bing maps in Outlook 2013
Mail apps for Outlook: Create a mail app to view YouTube
videos
Mail apps for Outlook: Create a mail app for VoIP dialing
What Is Office Web Apps Server Integration?
• Office Web Apps Server integration provides
enhanced user experience when handling officebased email attachments
• Office Web Apps are used to render documents
• Users can modify documents online
• Office Web Apps integrate in OWA interface
• Usage is available to users of Exchange Online or
Exchange installed on-premises
• Office Web Apps server is required
Using Outlook Web App in Offline Mode
• Offline Outlook Web App provides users with the
ability to access data in their mailboxes even when
not connected to Exchange Server
• Offline Outlook Web App:
Works only with selected browsers
• Caches part of the mailbox content
• Allows users to perform selected tasks
• Is enabled on per-computer basis
• Can be controller by using OWA policies
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Supported Features in Exchange ActiveSync
• Some of the features implemented in Exchange
Server 2013 ActiveSync are:
Support for HTML formatted messages
• Conversation grouping of email messages
• Ability to synchronize or not sync conversation
• Support for fast message retrieval
• Enhanced Exchange Search
• Autodiscover for over-the-air provisioning
• Direct Push
• Support for availability information
• GAL photos
• Information Rights Management
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Deploying Exchange Server 2013 for Internet Access
Client Access
Server
Firewall
Client
Edge Transport
Server or SMTP
Gateway
Firewall
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Reverse
Proxy
Protocol
HTTP
Unsecure Port
80
TLS/SSL Port
443
POP3
110
995
IMAP4
143
993
SMTP
25
25
SMTP client
submission
587
587
Mailbox Server
Domain
Controller
Message Transport Services
• Message Transport Services:
• Front End Transport service
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Hub Transport service
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Runs on the Client Access server role
Performs SMTP proxying
Runs on the Mailbox Server role
Routes messages between the Front End Transport Service and
the Mailbox Transport Service
Mailbox Transport service
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Runs on the Mailbox Server role
Consists of two components: Mailbox Transport Submission and
Mailbox Transport Delivery
Is the only service that handles RPC communication with the
database
Message Transport Components
What Is Exchange Workload Management?
Exchange workload management is a feature,
protocol, or service that is monitored
Managing Exchange workloads:
• Monitoring system resources and throttling
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Each workload is assigned a classification with appropriate priority
Classifications: Urgent, Customer Expectation, Internal Maintenance,
and Discretionary
System resource thresholds : Under loaded, Overloaded, and Critical
• Resources consumption by individual users
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Burst allowances
Recharge rate
Traffic shaping
Maximum usage
What Is Managed Availability?
Exchange
Server 2013
Escalate
Probe
Managed
Availability
Check
Monitor
Notify
Recover
Operations
Manager