Question about SMB2k3 and Exchange server

Hello,

We are a small company that have an Exchange server up and running wit
a pop3 connector configuration on our local domain: companyname.local.

Within the LAN, everything is working nicely, but I would very muc
like the users be able to reach the local exchange server from WA
(Without OWA). I've done as much as to setup a dyndns.org addres
"comapnyname.dyndns.org", but i'm not really sure what ports i need t
open to ensure full functionality and what address to use. Can i simpl
type the "companyname.dyndns.org" address in the "Exchange serve
address:" field when i've opened the necessary ports and forwarded the
to the exchange server?

An alternative could be if I could connect to the server via the s
called "SBS connection manager" and use the local address, would tha
work? I guess I still would have to forward some ports

Best regard
Eri

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Charlie
Thu Jul 10 22:34:27 PDT 2008

I'm assuming you're really talking about SBS2k3, not "smb2k3" here. In which
case, log on to Remote Web Workplace (RWW) and on the right hand pane you'll
see a link for Outlook over the Internet. There are full descriptions there
for how to configure what you need.

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"Event" <Event.3cd0rb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hello,
>
> We are a small company that have an Exchange server up and running with
> a pop3 connector configuration on our local domain: companyname.local.
>
> Within the LAN, everything is working nicely, but I would very much
> like the users be able to reach the local exchange server from WAN
> (Without OWA). I've done as much as to setup a dyndns.org address
> "comapnyname.dyndns.org", but i'm not really sure what ports i need to
> open to ensure full functionality and what address to use. Can i simply
> type the "companyname.dyndns.org" address in the "Exchange server
> address:" field when i've opened the necessary ports and forwarded them
> to the exchange server?
>
> An alternative could be if I could connect to the server via the so
> called "SBS connection manager" and use the local address, would that
> work? I guess I still would have to forward some ports.
>
> Best regards
> Eric
>
>
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Lanwench
Fri Jul 11 15:26:32 PDT 2008

Event <Event.3cd0rb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are a small company that have an Exchange server up and running
> with a pop3 connector configuration on our local domain:
> companyname.local.

I suggest you ditch the POP connector - it's a kluge. Exchange is designed
to receive mail delivered directly via SMTP.
>
> Within the LAN, everything is working nicely, but I would very much
> like the users be able to reach the local exchange server from WAN
> (Without OWA). I've done as much as to setup a dyndns.org address
> "comapnyname.dyndns.org", but i'm not really sure what ports i need to
> open

For RPC over HTTP (aka Outlook Anywhere), it's 443 for HTTPS.

> to ensure full functionality and what address to use. Can i
> simply type the "companyname.dyndns.org" address in the "Exchange
> server address:" field when i've opened the necessary ports and
> forwarded them to the exchange server?

See Charlie's post.
>
> An alternative could be if I could connect to the server via the so
> called "SBS connection manager" and use the local address, would that
> work? I guess I still would have to forward some ports.

Yep, but you don't need VPN for this.
>
> Best regards
> Eric