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Exchange 2010 - Part 20 - A Look at The Hub and Edge Transport Server Roles

The document discusses the differences between Exchange 2010's Hub Transport and Edge Transport server roles. The Hub Transport handles mail flow within an organization, applying transport rules and policies and delivering messages to mailboxes. The Edge Transport sits at the network edge in a DMZ and protects against internet threats like viruses and spam. It is not part of the domain but can filter spam before it reaches the Hub Transport. A subscription must be configured to synchronize settings between the Hub and Edge Transports.

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Exchange 2010 - Part 20 - A Look at The Hub and Edge Transport Server Roles

The document discusses the differences between Exchange 2010's Hub Transport and Edge Transport server roles. The Hub Transport handles mail flow within an organization, applying transport rules and policies and delivering messages to mailboxes. The Edge Transport sits at the network edge in a DMZ and protects against internet threats like viruses and spam. It is not part of the domain but can filter spam before it reaches the Hub Transport. A subscription must be configured to synchronize settings between the Hub and Edge Transports.

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Exchange 2010 – Part 20 – A look at


the Hub and Edge Transport Server
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4–5 minutes

The purpose of this post is to explain the differences between


the two transport role servers, the Hub Transport and the Edge
Transport.

We will look at some of the key aspects of transport servers


including:

• Send/Receive Connectors

• Anti-spam and Anti-virus protection

• Transport Rules

• Hub/Edge Synchronization

Take for example a scenario where your company has


configured enough of it’s organization that they want to be able
to send and receive email in full production. Because of this, we
should discuss the configuration elements involved in our
transport role servers. In our example, we have more than just a
Hub Transport server, we also have an Edge Transport server
that we installed but never configured to work with our Hub.

You’re never really completely done with Exchange, there’s


always something left to do, to monitor etc.

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So to start, in the Hub Transport server in the EMC, and click on


Organization Configuration -> Hub Transport, we have several
tabs:

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Send Connectors – Here you might not see any send


connectors if none have been setup. Receive connectors are
located under the Server Configuration-> Hub Transport. We
don’t have any Anti-spam settings here yet in our Hub Transport
role.

Edge Subscriptions – Here we will create a connection to our


Edge Transport Server

Global Settings – we will go over this later

Email Address Policies – we will go over this later

Transport Rules – Here we can create transport rules, with


conditions, actions, and exceptions – by default none.

Journal Rules – by default are blank

Remote Domains – we will go over this later

Accepted Domains – we will go over this later

If we remote into our “Edge” transport server, our EMC will be


pretty much empty except for our Edge Transport settings. It’s
one of the easiest server roles to work with because there is not
much here to configure:

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The five tabs we have to work with are:

Anti-Spam

Send Connectors

Receive Connectors

Transport Rules

Accepted Domains

Hub vs. Edge: – Hub is on the inside of the firewall

Edge Transport sits on the edge of the network, in the DMZ. It it


isolated, but is there to defend the network. Edgesynch
synchrononization is the connection between the hub and edge
transport servers.

Hub handles all of the mail flow within the company: Applies
Transport Rules, Journaling policies, delivers messages to
mailboxes and more.

If there is no Edge transport role, the Hub will relay messages to


the internet. The Edge Transport server minimizes attacks from
the internet – virus, spam, etc. . You can have more than one
Hub or Edge Transport servers for failover capabilities.

You can export settings from one Edge Transport server to a


2nd Edge.

Do you need to have an Edge Transport Server? No. However, it


is recommended that you have some kind of protector in se.

Without an Edge Transport Server, by default you will be missing


Anti-Spam solution, and certain Transport Rules.

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You can enable Anti-Spam on the Hub transport server, or a 3rd


party solution.

Mail will go through Hub and Edge transport servers. All mail will
flow between them.

• If you have one HT and one ET, all mail will flow between them,
both incoming and outgoing

• To make the connection between the HT and ET you need to


make a manually configured synchronization. It is also called a
subscription or an “edge synch process”

The Edge Transport Role is engineered to protect on the front


lines of your network

• It isn’t part of the domain

• It can cut down the spam at the front door

The Hub Transport role, although it can protect the front lines to
a degree, is designed to be a second layer of defense and has a
greater role in message compliance, internal mail flow and policy
enforcement.

A large majority of the content provided in my Blog’s Exchange


series is derived from J. Peter Bruzzese’ excellent Train Signals
Exchange Server 2010 Video Disk Series, as well as my own
Exchange 2010 lab. Trainsignal.com is an invaluable source for
accurate, easy to understand, IT information and
training. http://www.trainsignal.com

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