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Installing Exchange 2007 and ISA 2006 on same OS installation/physical machine?

Asked by Pugglewuggle in MS Forefront-ISA, Exchange Email Server, Hypervisor

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Hi, I've got a couple of questions about a secure way of going about this... Just letting you know in advance this is a deep one. Please try to answer everything you can! :-)

I've got a few OS's and I'm trying to consolidate MS servers into a) the same physical machines, and b) into the same host OS's (if possible and secure).

1) Is it possible to install ISA 2006 and Exchange 2007 on the same OS and have a secure/stable setup. If you frown upon this, what is your recommendation?

2) I am thinking about deploying Windows Server 2008 Standard (64-bit) as a web server in our DMZ... Is it wise/secure/reasonable to create VMs in Hyper-V for Exchange and ISA? Is this a bad idea? If it can work, what are your recommendations on securing it? If it will not work/is a terrible idea, how would you do it?

3) If I do go with the 2008 machine and VMs, does it create an unnecessary threat to the machines because of ISA and Exchange running on VMs instead of seperate physical machines? Does the fact that the Host OS for the two Hyper-V VMs will be a web server create a security threat?

4) Would it be better to install ISA on the base Windows Server 2008 installation (is it more secure this way?) and setup Exchange in a VM?

5) Can IIS reside on the Windows Server 2008 installation along with ISA and serve web content without compromising the hardness of the ISA server? I'm really looking to leverage the new features of IIS 7 on WS 2008 if possible.

I appreciate any input or advice you can offer! Thanks!Start Free Trial
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