This procedure configures all Exchange front-end servers.

Arguments

Input argument Description Required

<preferredDomainController>

The domain controller to use for Active Directory actions. Required input. For example,

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<preferredDomainController>AD01.Fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController>

Yes

Sample Code

Example XML Request

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<request xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">   
	 <data>   
	 </data>   
	 <procedure>   
		 <execute namespace="Deployment Automation" procedure="ConfigureExchangeFrontEnds" impersonate="1">   
			 <executeData>   
				 <preferredDomainController>ad01.fabrikam.com</preferredDomainController>   
			 </executeData>   
			 <after source="executeData" destination="data" />   
		 </execute>   
	 </procedure>   
</request>

Manual Procedures

The ConfigureExchangeFrontEnds procedure automatically performs the following manual steps:

Procedure 1: To disable the Microsoft Exchange Information Store

  1. Start Computer Management on the first Exchange front-end server.

  2. Click Services and Applications, and then in the right pane select Services.

  3. Right-click Microsoft Exchange Information Store, and then click Properties.

  4. In the Startup type drop-down box, click Disabled, click Stop, and then click OK.

  5. Repeat the previous steps for other Exchange front-end servers.

Procedure 2: To enable the Microsoft Exchange POP3 and IMAP4 services

  1. Start Computer Management on the first Exchange front-end server.

  2. Expand Services and Applications, and then expand Services.

  3. Right-click Microsoft Exchange POP3, and then click Properties.

  4. In the Startup type drop-down box, click Automatic, click Apply, click Start, and then click OK.

  5. Right-click Microsoft Exchange IMAP4, and then click Properties.

  6. In the Startup type drop-down box, click Automatic, click Apply, click Start, and then click OK.

  7. Repeat the previous steps for other Exchange front-end servers.

Procedure 3: To configure the Exchange Virtual Directory

  • Configure the Exchange Virtual Directory.

Procedure 4: To configure the Public Virtual Directory

  • Configure the Exchange Virtual Directory.

Procedure 5: To configure the RPC virtual directory

  1. Start Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager on the first Exchange front-end server.

  2. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, in the console tree, expand the server you want, expand Web Sites, expand Default Web Site, right-click the RPC virtual directory, and then click Properties.

  3. In RPC Properties, on the Directory Security tab, in Authentication and access control, click Edit.

  4. Ensure that Enable anonymous access is not selected.

  5. Under Authenticated access, select the Basic authentication (password is sent in clear text) check box and click Yes on the warning dialog box. Enter a backslash "\" for the default domain. This is required to support UPN logon.

  6. Under Authenticated access, clear the Integrated Windows Authentication check box, and then click OK.

  7. To save your settings, click Apply, and then click OK.

  8. Repeat these steps on other Exchange front-end servers.