Back-end Server

We have a a back-end server and no plans to build a front-end server.  I was



told that there is a registry edit that can be made to make the back-end



server think it is both the FE and BE server.  Does anybody know where I can



find this information??

Back-end Server

Hi,



It would be better to tell us what you are trying to accomplish.



If you have only one server it will accept all types of client access



supported by a front-end server and at the same time act as a mailbox



server.



Leif

Back-end Server

We are running an A-P cluster and are running OWA ssl.  I would like to use



forms based authentication but is grayed out and Microsoft says that they do



not support it. It then says that we need to use a FE server.



So if I make my server a FE-BE server this would solve my issue and would



allow me to use the forms based instead of having a pop-up for login



purposes.



What my main goal is, is to get my users to use a login web page instead of



a pop up.  It justs looks more professional.

Back-end Server

Hi,



That is not possible.



Forms based authentication is not available in an exchange cluster



(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834637/en-us ) and you must install a



front-end server if you want to enable it.



Leif

Back-end Server

I do not believe that is true.   It is not available, yes; and it is not



supported, yes.  That I already knew.



But there has to be some way to make it work.  That is why I am looking for



that registry entry that would make our Exchange server look and act like a



FE-BE server.  I just took a 2-day exchange class and the instructor



mentioned the entry but went by too fast and I was not able to copy it down.



So, I know one exists.

Back-end Server

The instructor was wrong, there is no way to do this, I assume you are



installing this cluster in a production environment, so my question to you



is why are you installing a cluster?



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Back-end Server

I do not want to sound nasty, but why else would one install a cluster.  For



redundancy, for failover.  I am just trying to find a way so that our users



can have a web-based login for OWA similiar to that of the forms-based



instead of Microsoft's cheesy pop-up login.  Is there a way to do this if



forms based is not available?  There has to be some kind of workaround.

Back-end Server

If you want redundancy then I assume you are also looking for a supported



solution?



Our only supported method is to use a Front-end server.



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Mark Fugatt



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Back-end Server

Then, can you answer a license question.  I know that if I had a FE server I



would have to pay for Exchange Enterprise.  Would I have to purchase client



licenses for the FE Server also?



Do you know of any articles that I can read to best implement a FE server in



an A-P cluster?

Back-end Server

You do not need to purchase the Enterprise edition of Exchange if you want a



frontend, Exchange 2003 Standard edition can work as a frontend.



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Mark Fugatt



Microsoft Limited



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