Use O365 for Exchange. It will make your life easier, I promise. On-prem Exchange for small environments rarely makes sense. :)
On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 7:03 AM Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > Since we already own office for all users, the $ 5 per month per user for > 50GB boxes isn’t so bad. > > > > We are considering that… still working our options > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of * Mike Hammett via AF > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 1, 2018 8:03 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Cc:* Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Exchange Domain Controller expert wanted > > > > 365 gets really expensive really quick. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Ryan Ray" <ryan...@gmail.com> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Tuesday, July 31, 2018 10:28:48 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Exchange Domain Controller expert wanted > > I've built out 30k mailbox exchange implementations and honestly, unless > you have someone to keep up on the patches / maintenance it's probably > easier and cheaper to just use office 365. > > > > To do exchange properly, you're going to need a spam appliance of some > sort, a couple load balancing appliances (f5). > > > > You don't really move your virtual machine DC or Exchange VM's. You have > DAG groups with copies of your mailbox databases on multiple servers with > cheap spinning storage. You should never snapshot an exchange machine, or a > DC. > > > > Fill out your requirements on here > https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Exchange-2013-Server-Role-f8a61780 > and see what comes up. > > > > Of course you can also do exchange improperly / non high available, one > server, one proxy server, if you lose it though, your email stops. So this > really comes down to how resilient you would like your email to be. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 1:33 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > > We are looking to subcontract a new build of Exchange / Domain > Controller. Our thoughts are to buy a used box like this... > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Build-Your-Own-Dell-Precision-T7500-12-Core-3-06GHz-X5675-No-OS-Wholesale/382099411087?hash=item58f6e6508f%3Am%3AmoWAAapWvQJ0VWFy5npBnFQ&var=650987938542&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=dell+precision+t7500+%2212-core%22&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0%7C0 > > with 48GB. They charge a whopping $ 60 to put in dual TB SATA drives and > establish the mirror (RAID 1) for you, so figured we might as well. > Although, in reality, I like the idea of an SSD drive for speed purposes, > but have not used them in a RAID 1 config. Not sure if this box would > support that. > > Thinking of redundancy, we have a couple ProxMox boxes (pretty loaded but > could be used in a pinch to move the DC / Exchange VM over to it (IF we do > a VM). So, might be good to do this box as a ProxMox VM also. > > So, looking for someone who can put this software install together for us > for a reasonable price. > > If you know somebody... > > Paul, PDMNet > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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