Exchange 2013

Exchange Server Role Architecture in

Exchange Server 2013

• Server roles in Exchange Server 2013:

• Client Access Server
• Mailbox Server
• Client Access Server provides:
• Client authentication
• Redirection and proxy services
• Support for client protocols (HTTP,POP,IMAP,SMTP)
• Mailbox Server provides:
• 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
Managing Exchange Server 2013

Methods for Exchange Server 2013 management:

• Exchange Administration Center

• Outlook Web App options
• Exchange Management Shell
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
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:
• 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:

• 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:

• 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
Clients

Members
Owners
Site
Outlook
Mailbox 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:

• Public folders are stored in public folder mailboxes

• Public folder mailboxes are stored in regular mailbox

databases
• Can be placed in mailbox databases that are in a DAG

• Public folder content can be spread across multiple public

folder mailboxes

• Cannot be accessed through OWA

• 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 PowerShell POP/IMAP
EAS
EAC SMTP
Outlook

SIP

Firewall
SIP + RTP
Redirect
IIS
Client POP,
SMTP UM
Access HTTP Proxy IMAP

HTTP POP, IMAP SMTP

IIS IIS
RpcProxy POP, Trans-
OWA, UM
IMAP port
RPS RPC EAS,
Mailbox
EWS,
ECP,
OAB MailQ
MDB
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
Connecting Non-Outlook Clients to the Client
Access Server

• Non-Outlook clients can connect to Exchange

Server by using:
• POP3 protocol
• IMAP4 protocol

• 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 office-
based 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
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
Deploying Exchange Server 2013 for Internet Access

Client Access
Server
Firewall
Client Edge Transport Firewall
Server or SMTP or
Gateway Reverse
Proxy

Protocol Unsecure Port TLS/SSL Port

HTTP 80 443
POP3 110 995
IMAP4 143 993
SMTP 25 25
SMTP client 587 587
Domain
submission Mailbox Server
Controller
Message Transport Services
• Message Transport Services:
• Front End Transport service
• Runs on the Client Access server role
• Performs SMTP proxying
• Hub Transport service
• Runs on the Mailbox Server role
• Routes messages between the Front End Transport Service and
the Mailbox Transport Service
• Mailbox Transport service
• 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
• 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
• Burst allowances
• Recharge rate
• Traffic shaping
• Maximum usage
What Is Managed Availability?

Exchange
Server 2013
Escalate
Probe
Managed
Availability

Check
Monitor Recover
Operations
Manager

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