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Outlook Web Access: Bringing Exchange 2000 Server to the Masses

Overview With its improved feature set, scalable architecture, and high-availability options, Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) has been reborn in Exchange 2000 Server. This paper is intended to help state and local government design an OWA solution by explaining the technologies that provide its scalability and availability: the Exchange 2000 Server front-end/back-end topology, Windows 2000 Network Load Balancing, Microsoft Cluster Services, and storage area networks.

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Publisher	Dell	File Format	HTML
Date Published	August 2005
Format	White Papers
Topics	Scalability, Load Balancing

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Channel:
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Tags:
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Publisher:
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Publisher:
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