Installing and Setting up Exchange Server 2013 on Server 2012 R2 from Scratch
Hi I'm looking for some guidance on setting up Exchange 2013 on a windows Server 2012 R2 server.
I Currently have a couple of test servers setup with Server 2012 R2 on them
The first is setup as a domain controller with DHCP DNS etc and a couple of user accounts
The 2nd is a fresh installation
Im looking for some real step by step pointers on setting this up from scratch with an external domain name.
I currently have a dynamic IP address on a BT Residential Line which is being upgraded to BT business broadband on 25/11/14.
Our website is hosted with Fasthosts Internet on their shared web servers and i have full access to the DNS control panel to make changes.
I did install server 1 as a DC and installed exchange 2013 on it last night after a few warnings about unified communications managed api 4.0 and filter packs, I managed to get it installed and i could even send and receive messages between users but i was unable to send emails externally or more importantly receive emails. The exchange connectivity analyzer complained about not being able to find the host and i gave up in the end and flattened it.
within our Fasthosts i setup the MX record to point to the external IP address of our router and opened port 25 inbout to the DC/Exchange Server. I (tried) to configure the accepted domains in mailflow to use our internet domain name, but i may have gotten that wrong.
The outgoing email configuration i must say got me i dont know where to start with this as im not sure how to configure this part.... We have an account with authsmtp but havent used it yet so if anyone knows how to use this for our server to send emails if you could help with this part??
So my server is sat here ready and waiting for instructions if you are familiar with either Fasthosts domains, BT broadband or authsmtp as well as server 2012 and exchange 2013 i could really do with your help??
TIA
Dean
I Currently have a couple of test servers setup with Server 2012 R2 on them
The first is setup as a domain controller with DHCP DNS etc and a couple of user accounts
The 2nd is a fresh installation
Im looking for some real step by step pointers on setting this up from scratch with an external domain name.
I currently have a dynamic IP address on a BT Residential Line which is being upgraded to BT business broadband on 25/11/14.
Our website is hosted with Fasthosts Internet on their shared web servers and i have full access to the DNS control panel to make changes.
I did install server 1 as a DC and installed exchange 2013 on it last night after a few warnings about unified communications managed api 4.0 and filter packs, I managed to get it installed and i could even send and receive messages between users but i was unable to send emails externally or more importantly receive emails. The exchange connectivity analyzer complained about not being able to find the host and i gave up in the end and flattened it.
within our Fasthosts i setup the MX record to point to the external IP address of our router and opened port 25 inbout to the DC/Exchange Server. I (tried) to configure the accepted domains in mailflow to use our internet domain name, but i may have gotten that wrong.
The outgoing email configuration i must say got me i dont know where to start with this as im not sure how to configure this part.... We have an account with authsmtp but havent used it yet so if anyone knows how to use this for our server to send emails if you could help with this part??
So my server is sat here ready and waiting for instructions if you are familiar with either Fasthosts domains, BT broadband or authsmtp as well as server 2012 and exchange 2013 i could really do with your help??
TIA
Dean
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Also setting up SPF records I would like to get help with how to set these records.
again this is a live test so I will keep you posted with my progress..
I Have chosen not to install exchange yet until ive got a clear installation path, I think that i need to know more about the configuration that needs to done outside of my server such as the DNS records, SPF records, and rDNS.
Dean