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here are some additional considerations: <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822443/en-us" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822443/en-us</a>
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here are some additional considerations: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822443/en-us [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822443/en-us]

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Wow, that easy. Cool. MS really wants you to buy a front-end server instead of configuring OWA for yourself. <br />
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Oh, what sort of down-time can I expect?<br />
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Thx for the tips. 
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Wow, that easy. Cool. MS really wants you to buy a front-end server instead of configuring OWA for yourself.

Oh, what sort of down-time can I expect?

Thx for the tips.

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Ah yes, no down time here... All mailboxes will remain available the whole time (unless you have to move them from the server you want to make a front end ofcourse...)
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Ah yes, no down time here... All mailboxes will remain available the whole time (unless you have to move them from the server you want to make a front end ofcourse...)

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What's the step by step process for putting in a front-end server for exchange 2003? And when can I do it (how much downtime will it cause)? I just need the steps MS expects me to take, nothing related to external IPs or the like. Say if I have 5 exchange servers, and 2 are remote offices on other domains, and one needs to be a front end.<br />
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Is it as simple as going into exch system manager, right clicking on the server, select it as front-end, then immediately select the other servers as back-ends? 
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What's the step by step process for putting in a front-end server for exchange 2003? And when can I do it (how much downtime will it cause)? I just need the steps MS expects me to take, nothing related to external IPs or the like. Say if I have 5 exchange servers, and 2 are remote offices on other domains, and one needs to be a front end.

Is it as simple as going into exch system manager, right clicking on the server, select it as front-end, then immediately select the other servers as back-ends? 

Steps to use exchange 2003 front-end server

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Within Internet message handling services (MHS), a message transfer agent or mail transfer agent (MTA) or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using a client–server application architecture. A MTA implements both the client (sending) and server (receiving) portions of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The terms mail server, mail exchanger, and MX host may also refer to a computer performing the MTA function. The Domain Name System (DNS) associates a mail server to a domain with mail exchanger (MX) resource records containing the domain name of a host providing MTA services.