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Need help with OWA, Remote, Exchange Small Business server 2003 R2 Premium w/ ISA 2004

I just recently purchased a server with Small Business Server 2003 R2 Premium with ISA 2004 on it and I am having trouble getting the internet features working right.  This is the only server and I guess the setup would be typical for a small business.  I do have 3 NIC's installed, but I can't get things working with just 2 of them.  If I could set it up as a 3 -leg perimiter I want to do that even though all the services are in that one box.  I will settle for it working with just two NIC's if someone could help me out.  

I have one NIC for External and one for the LAN.  I have ran the Internet connection wizard multiple times, and I have been able to get access to the internet from the CLient and server. It seemed to have set up alot of the ISA routes and rules too.  Windows updates seem to work as well.  My first big problem is I cannot access OWA or Remote webservice from the Internet.  Locally both sites work fine.  I have registered the correct MX record with domain registrar as well.  I also have purchased a server certificate from a trusted authority too.  What do I need to check and make sure I have set right for the web request to pass through ISA and on to IIS?  using SSL as well I suppose.  Do I need to set up an A host record as well with my domain registrar?  

My second big issue is with Exchange server 2003.  I have somehow got it partially working.  I have been able to recieve email, but I haven't been able to send to a good bit of domains.  AOL, peoplpc, and even hotmail have kicked back emails.  Someone tried sending an email through the web interface of their peoplepc account and i kicked back saying couldnt start TLS.  Sending and recieving emails at this point seems random.  I am new to all of this and using a "smart host" seems like a good idea in case our server goes down that we can still get our emails.  I just don't really know what all is involved in setting that up.  I have added my current mail server as a smart host and even tried the mail server with my isp, but I can't be sure it is doing anything.  If anything I am guessing exchange was sending my emails to those servers for DNS queries.  Is there anyone that may could baby step me through all of this set up?

In conclusion,  I need OWA and Remote web services running over the internet.  I also need Exchange setup to send email without getting kicked back.  I would like to use a smart host incase my server is down or if I need it to make emails get to people on aol etc.  I may also need to expose another webservice, but hopefully if the OWA and remote services work that will work just as easy.   Maybe DNS config problems? or ISA issues?

Any help will be appreciated.  I am new the server business and to this site, so bearwith me.
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No offence but there are a number of questions here and none of them small as suggested by your comments that you are new to the topic. SBS uses wizards mainly for all of its configurations but this is in the expectation that you have two network ards - not three. The third will cause confusion for you if you run the wizards up as normal especially for the ISA Server.

I would strongly suggest that before you did anything you make sure you have an image or full system backup of your server before you start. Some of the things we may ask you to do could be dire if you get them wrong or if we misunderstand your needs. If you level knowledge is small (new product, new site etc), you could cause real grief for yourself.

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I appreciate the advice, but I don't think re-installing would be necessary and that would pose other problems with reconfiguring the raid which I have never done before.  Most anything I have turned on I have turned back off if it didn't fix my problem.  I'm guessing my main problems lies between a ISA configuration issue and/or a DNS problem.  Since I can use the internet etc I'm guess it is more of a ISA issue between the two networks.  I will try looking at the doc's you linked to and hopefully that will help.  I thought it was a simple process to becuase I followed the wizards and step by step guides that came with the server.  I have also looked at multiple tutorials online and nothing has helped.  The problem seems big, but I think the solutions is quite simple.  I have just looked at it so much that I am missing the little detail.  I am also going to stick to your advice on just using the two NIC's as well.  I was looking at it from "seperate the web services from the internal network" point of view, but since it is all on the same box anyway I didn't figure it would matter.  I just didn't know if it would have been better from a security stand point that is why I asked.  Anyhow, thanks again and I will give it another shot.
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Thanks techsoeasy.  I will give it another go when I can get to the server.  I had already bought a SBS R2 book, so I'm covered there.  It is a new dell, but the disk that came with it were the typical SBS R2 premium disk from Microsoft.  It doesn't have the typical OEM restore disk.  I am new to servers, but not building PC's so I don't feel that reinstalling is a challange. I just don't want to not configure something right the way it came from the factory because I noticed dell had configured some type of an account as well as had their own certificate installed.  As far as the mail problem I found another post on this site that is similar to mine with the same ISP.  In the smart host field he had to put the multiple ip addresses of the mail server instead of the name.  That seemed to fix his problem.  Other than that I need to research the PTR record you mentioned.  Thanks again and I will let you know the outcome.
What book did you buy?  Because there are a number of them that are written by folks who don't really understand the product (unfortunately).

Dell servers SHOULD come with both Microsoft Disks as well as the Dell Server Assistant Disk.  This is not a "typical restore" disk, and that's not what I was referring to.  You start with the Server Assistant Disk which helps to configure the RAID and any other driver need and then it will prompt you to insert the Microsoft Disk to install the OS.  

Also, if you use a Smart Host, the issue with the PTR won't matter, so choose one or the other.

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10-4,  the book I got was windows small business server R2 Administrators companion by microsoft press.  It has helped me understand a good bit that I was unfamiliar with.  I do have those dell disk as well.  I also had them with me and had an old machine I figured I would practice with.  I do have two nic's installed and so far everything works the way it should. Updates, remote login and exchange.  In exchange I had to add all the Ip addresses in the smart host field in the smtp connector that a nslookup returned.  That fixed my email problems sending to aol and everywhere else as far as I can tell.  The only thing I screwed up was changing the sharepoint DB over to SQL 2005.  Well I think I did.  I just attached the database so I will see in a bit.  I appreciate the help.  
Sounds good... but that book really isn't the best, in my opinion.  I still recommend you splurge and spend the $40.00 for Harry's book... it's absolutely an investment that will pay off almost instantly.

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