Front-End Server vs Bridgehead Server

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Kahlan - 10 Oct 2005 20:16 GMT

Question:
Exchange 2003
Clustered Enviroment 2 Clusters
Single Site
Singe Administrative Group
Is a designated Bridgehead server still necessary?
or will the front-end server designation meet the required needs??
I am assuming acting as an SMTP Gateway
or if it is still needed
can i have my front-end server be the designated Bridgehead??

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Al Mulnick - 10 Oct 2005 22:07 GMT

Just a term. :)

The FE server will absolutely work if you want it to. FE servers are most
often associated with OWA, but they also handle other protocols such as
SMTP, POP, and IMAP in the same manner. In your case, you don't need a
bridgehead if you have only one routing group.

> Question:
> Exchange 2003
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> or if it is still needed
> can i have my front-end server be the designated Bridgehead??

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