Microsoft KB Archive/294201

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HOW TO: Create a Virtual Server for Microsoft Exchange Server 2000

PSS ID Number: 294201

Article Last Modified on 6/28/2003

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The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q294201

IN THIS TASK

• SUMMARY
• ** Create a Custom MMC
  • Create a Virtual Server

SUMMARY

This step-by-step article describes how to create a new Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) virtual server by using the Exchange System Manager.

IIS 5.0 is included with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, and it differs from earlier versions of IIS in many ways. One of the most notable differences is how Active Directory interacts with the IIS metabase. In IIS 5.0, most of the configuration information is stored in the metabase, instead of in the registry as in earlier versions of IIS. This metabase information is populated through a one-way process that writes the data directly from Active Directory. All the information in Active Directory that relates to IIS 5.0 is copied to the IIS metabase through the Directory Service/Metabase Synchronization (DS2MB) process. The DS2MB process does not add or modify the data while it is written to the IIS metabase. For additional information about this process, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

240105 XGEN: General Information on Directory Service/Metabase Synchronization in Exchange 2000 Server

The DS2MB process copies the virtual servers and virtual directories that are created in the Exchange System Manager to the IIS 5.0 metabase. This process is a one-way process, and overwrites changes that are made to these Exchange virtual directories from the IIS snap-in with the information contained in Active Directory.

IMPORTANT: When you make changes to, or add virtual directories for Exchange, you must use the Exchange System Manager. If you use the IIS snap-in, your changes are overwritten in 15 minutes or less. For additional information about this issue, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

264941 XCCC: Changes to Virtual Directory Settings Are Not Maintained

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Create a Custom MMC

To aid the management of your Exchange organization, you may want to create a custom Microsoft Management Console (MMC) that contains all the MMC snap-ins that you need. To do this:

1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. On the Console menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.
3. Click Add, and then add the following snap-ins:

   Active Directory Users and Computers
   Exchange System
   Internet Information Services

   NOTE: To add each item, click the item in the Available Standalone Snap-ins list, and then click Add.
4. After you add the snap-ins, click Close, and then click OK.
5. On the Console menu, click Save As.
6. In the File name box, type Exchange Management, and then click Save.

By default, the Exchange Management MMC that you created is saved in the Administrative Tools folder. To open this custom MMC, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Exchange Management. You can also create a shortcut to the Exchange Management.msc file.

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Create a Virtual Server

To create a new virtual server:

1. Start Exchange System Manager. To do this, click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager. You can also start the custom MMC that you created earlier.
2. Expand First Organization (Exchange), and then expand Administrative Groups.
   

NOTE: If the Administrative Groups node is not displayed, right-click the Exchange organization, click Properties, click to select the Display administrative groups check box, and then click OK. Click OK, and then restart Exchange System manager.

1. Expand the administrative group that contains the Exchange server that you want to associate with the new virtual server. For example, expand First Administrative Group.
2. Expand Servers, expand the Exchange server that you want, expand Protocols, and then expand HTTP.
3. Right-click HTTP, point to New, and then click HTTP Virtual Server.
4. In the Name box, type a name for the new virtual server.
5. In the IP address box, leave the default selection of (All Unassigned) unless you must specify a particular IP address for this virtual server.
6. Click to select the Limit number of connections check box if you want to specify the maximum number of simultaneous connections that this virtual server will permit.
7. Under Exchange Path, do one of the following:
   • Click Mailboxes for, and then click Modify to designate a specific messaging domain from your Exchange organization.
   • Click Public folder, and then click Modify to designate the particular public folder that you want this virtual server to service. If you use the virtual server to provide public folder access, you must name the virtual server Public.
8. Click the Access tab.
9. Click to clear the check boxes of the Access Control entries that you do not want to allow for this virtual server.
10. Under Execute Permissions, click the level of permission that you want to allow. This is determined by the use of scripts in the Web site.
11. Click Authentication to modify the method of authentication for the virtual server. After you configure authentication methods, click OK.
12. Click OK.

The new virtual server appears under the HTTP folder in Exchange System Manager.

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Keywords: kbHOWTOmaster kbnetwork KB294201
Technology: kbExchange2000Search kbExchange2000Serv kbExchange2000ServSearch kbExchangeSearch kbExchangeServ2003Ent kbExchangeServ2003Search kbExchangeServ2003St

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