SMTP Connector, ADUC questions (initial config.)

[mike50]

I am using the MS Doc: "Installation Guide for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007" dated April 2008 as my guide.

The network consists of 2 servers - a DC running SBS 2003 Premium SP1 (which uses Windows Server 20003 Std SP2 as the OS), and another physical server with Windows Server 2003 Std R2 SP2 as the OS. I also have SQL Server 2005 on it. This second server has MOSS installed in a single server setup. The DC has Active Directory and Exchange on it.

Question 1: How do I configure the SMTP Connector in Exchange (2003 version) for SharePoint email? Page 148 of the guide refers the reader to the Help documentation in Exchange, but that just tells me what each function is, not the 'extra' stuff I need to know to have MOSS email flow through it to the MOSS server. Can someone help or point me to a resource?

Question 2: The next section on page 148 of the Guide deals with Configuring AD (actually Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)). I got stuck on step 2 "In Active Directory Users and Computers, select the folder for the second-level domain that contains your server farm." I don't see this anywhere; am I supposed to have created another domain? As above, can someone help or point me to a resource?

Many thanks in advance!

--
Mike Webb
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
a conservation non-profit (501 (c)(3)) organization
Wood River, NE

[Jay Mueller]

Aug 5, 2008 13:16:31 GMT -6 mike50 said:

I am using the MS Doc: "Installation Guide for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007" dated April 2008 as my guide.

The network consists of 2 servers - a DC running SBS 2003 Premium SP1 (which uses Windows Server 20003 Std SP2 as the OS), and another physical server with Windows Server 2003 Std R2 SP2 as the OS. I also have SQL Server 2005 on it. This second server has MOSS installed in a single server setup. The DC has Active Directory and Exchange on it.

Question 1: How do I configure the SMTP Connector in Exchange (2003 version) for SharePoint email? Page 148 of the guide refers the reader to the Help documentation in Exchange, but that just tells me what each function is, not the 'extra' stuff I need to know to have MOSS email flow through it to the MOSS server. Can someone help or point me to a resource?

Question 2: The next section on page 148 of the Guide deals with Configuring AD (actually Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)). I got stuck on step 2 "In Active Directory Users and Computers, select the folder for the second-level domain that contains your server farm." I don't see this anywhere; am I supposed to have created another domain? As above, can someone help or point me to a resource?

Many thanks in advance!

--
Mike Webb
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
a conservation non-profit (501 (c)(3)) organization
Wood River, NE

Q1 Answer: To point SharePoint at exchange you'll have to configure the Outbound Email Settings in the Central Administrator. Simply enter in the SMTP address which could potentially be an IP address, machine name or the domain name of the machine (e.g. emailmachine.domain.com). All other settings I'd leave default.

Q2 Answer: No you can use your single domain if you'd like; MOSS doesn't require multiple domains. From a management perspective using 1 domain I believe is a best practice unless your in a decentralized environment. For security your users will be created in Active Directory and assigned a role in MOSS.

[mike50]

Thanks! That helps.

Mike