FAQs / Exchange 2000 / Definitions

01

A GC is a Global Catalog Server. A GC holds a full set of attributes for the domain in which it resides and a subset of attributes for all objects in the Active Directory Forest.

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02

Dynamic DNS (described in RFC 2136) allows servers to dynamically update and create records in DNS. Dynamic DNS is used by the Exchange server to create server records and other entries used by the Exchange Servers for things like message routing. In a simple Exchange organization, DDNS is not strictly necessary, but makes administration much easier.

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03

A border server is an Exchange server that communicates with external servers. In a single server organization, your server is by default a border server. In a multi-server configuration, you may have one or more dedicated servers that communicate directly or indirectly with foreign servers and then pass the mail to other internal Exchange servers.

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04

An Exchange environment which contains Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 and Exchange 5.5 servers.

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05

Forestprep extends the AD schema to include Exchange specific information. Additional information can be found on the Microsoft Exchange Server Site

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06

Domainprep creates the groups and permissions necessary for Exchange servers to read and modify user attributes. Additional information can be found on the Microsoft Exchange Server Site.

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07

A DC is a Windows 2000 Domain Controller that holds active directory for a domain (used for things like user authentication).

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08

In a mixed mode Exchange environment the Exchange 2000 Administrative Group and Routing Group correspond to the Exchange 5.5 site. In a native Exchange 2000 environment, the Administrative Group is a group of Exchange objects sharing a common set of permissions and routing groups define how those servers communicate with one another. A single Administrative Group can contain several Routing Groups.

Example: Your north American Exchange servers might be grouped in a single Administrative Group, but subdivided into several Routing Groups to optimize interserver communication.

An Administrative Group contains zero or more Routing Groups.

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