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We are looking to set up the Windows NLB to manage our 2 Exchange Hybrid 2013 servers, in preparation of migrating mailboxes to Office 365.

We don't really want to spend the money on an appliance, thus were interested in setting up a Windows NLB to balance between the two hybrid servers.

Is the preferred method to set up a Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machine in the DMZ and then just give it an external IP, CNAME and SSL SAN Certificate?

What would you all recommend in this scenario?

Thanks in advance.

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Simon Butler (Sembee)

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Christian Hans

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Thanks Simon, Ive been looking at Kemp and have worked a little with Microsoft support and they are saying we can get it to work with the built in NLB feature in Server 2012... even though my gut tells me to get something like Kemp in place.

We actually don't have the Mailbox Role on the Hybrid Servers, they will only be used for migrating and I guess passing data back and forth between the cloud and on-prem environments.

Simon Butler (Sembee)

If MS Support claim they can get it to work, then I would work with them to do so. It isn't something I would do. If you want something reliable, then you don't use WNLB.

Simon.

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