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Microsoft SBS 2008 - domain.local or domian.com?
I need my Microsoft SBS 2008 server to act as the Internet facing mail server for my company. Â The trial installs by default company domain.local.
Does this need to be changed to companydomain.com instead? Â If so, what is the cleanest way to do so? Â Do I select some other form of install to completely reinstall?
If it shouldn't be changed, does this mean that I am only making changes to the bundled Exchange Server settings instead? Â I am not interested in setting it up as a remote access server. Â I want it to act as the main mail server and to act as a file server on the LAN.
Also, what is the best practice these days for Windows Servers running Exchange? Â Are they being set up as companydomain.local or companydomain.com?
Does this need to be changed to companydomain.com instead? Â If so, what is the cleanest way to do so? Â Do I select some other form of install to completely reinstall?
If it shouldn't be changed, does this mean that I am only making changes to the bundled Exchange Server settings instead? Â I am not interested in setting it up as a remote access server. Â I want it to act as the main mail server and to act as a file server on the LAN.
Also, what is the best practice these days for Windows Servers running Exchange? Â Are they being set up as companydomain.local or companydomain.com?
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I would suggest leaving it at .local
You can still serve up your domain.com to the public web, it's used to differentiate between internal and external resources. Â
Having said that, you CAN have it as your domain.com, but I prefer to set my internal resources as .local (or something similar)
Hope that helps!?
You can still serve up your domain.com to the public web, it's used to differentiate between internal and external resources. Â
Having said that, you CAN have it as your domain.com, but I prefer to set my internal resources as .local (or something similar)
Hope that helps!?
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Hi TBK- Consulting -
What if there becomes a need to use SSL at some point with a public CA? Â Does this practice of using domain.local become a problem or are the other bundled server services like IIS capable of being configured to handle domain.com as well? And will the the certificate request generators work for domain.com? Â
I have also asked the domain.local v. domain.com question for Mac OS X Server 10.6 and Apple Mail Server as well. Â There I am being told that I have to use domain.com which I ended up doing because I saw no way to generate a certificate request for the domain.com host that I needed.
Thanks.
What if there becomes a need to use SSL at some point with a public CA? Â Does this practice of using domain.local become a problem or are the other bundled server services like IIS capable of being configured to handle domain.com as well? And will the the certificate request generators work for domain.com? Â
I have also asked the domain.local v. domain.com question for Mac OS X Server 10.6 and Apple Mail Server as well. Â There I am being told that I have to use domain.com which I ended up doing because I saw no way to generate a certificate request for the domain.com host that I needed.
Thanks.
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