Exchange Server - second site additional CAS server

Asked By skip

15-Dec-08 12:15 PM

Hello

We have two AD sites, siteA =main org  and siteB =remote office. There  are
around 100 users in siteB, and 500 users in site A, all clients are running
Outlook 2007. in Site A we have a CCR cluster and a CAS/HT, all users in
site B connect to site A over a bonded T1. Can i setup a CAS in site B in
order to speed up access to the oof availability and oab for users who are
in site B?

there are currently no Exchange 2007 servers in site B.

15-Dec-08 01:18 PM

Can't see the point really. You're not achieving much and are going to
burn hardware (or VMware guest space) that you don't //really// need.
If you've got spare cycles on an ESX server you should probably go for
it but otherwise, it's of dubious benefit.
You wouldn't hurt anything by doing it though.

15-Dec-08 01:41 PM

Thanks, so i cant configre the CAS in site B to download the oab, oof and
availabilty from the CAS in the main site?

15-Dec-08 02:43 PM

But what is the point? You're targetting an utterly tiny part of your
environment for very little gain. Why not take a wider look at your
environment?

15-Dec-08 05:21 PM

I see, thanks agin

16-Dec-08 05:19 AM

Hi,

With the CAS in another AD Site you have two options. CAS-CAS proxying or
re-direction. Neither do the two things you ask.

Oliver