Monday, December 29, 2008

Exchange 2007 – Services By Role

Below is a table which breaks down the Exchange 2007 related services and the Exchange role associated with that service.

 Service

Description

MBX

CAS HUB EDGE UM

Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology

Provide Active Directory topology information to Exchange services.

x

x

x

 

x

Microsoft Exchange ADAM

Provides ADAM directory service function to the Edge Transport server

 

 

 

x

 

Microsoft Exchange Credential Service

Manages credentials that the Hub Transport Server uses to authenticate to ADAM for a subscribed Edge Transport Server

 

 

 

x

 

Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync

Connects to ADAM instance on subscribed Edge Transport servers over secure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) channel to synchronize data between a Hub Transport server and an Edge Transport server

 

 

x

 

 

Microsoft Exchange File Distribution

Used to distribute offline address book and custom Unified Messaging prompts

 

x

 

 

x

Microsoft Exchange Anti-spam Update

Used to automatically download anti-spam filter updates from Microsoft Update

 

 

x

x

 

Microsoft Exchange IMAP4

Provides IMAP4 services to IMAP clients

 

x

 

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Information Store

Manages Exchange Server databases. Provides data storage for messaging clients

x

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Mail Submission Service

Used to notify a Hub Transport server located in the Mailbox server's Active Directory site that messages are ready for retrieval from a sender's outbox

x

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Assistants

Provides functionality for Calendar Attendant, Resource Booking Attendant, Out of Office Assistant, and Managed Folder Mailbox Assistant

x

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Monitoring

Provides a remote procedure call (RPC) server that can be used to invoke diagnostic cmdlets

x

x

x

x

x

Microsoft Exchange POP3

Provides POP3 services to POP3 clients

 

x

 

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Replication Service

Provides log shipping functionality for local continuous replication (LCR) and cluster continuous replication (CCR)

x

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Search Indexer

Provides content to the Microsoft Search (Exchange Server) service for indexing

x

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Service Host

Configures the RPC virtual directory in Internet Information Services (IIS), and registry data for ValidPorts, NSPI Interface Protocol Sequences, and AllowAnonymous for Outlook Anywhere

x

x

 

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Speech Engine

Provides speech processing services for Unified Messaging

 

 

 

 

x

Microsoft Exchange System Attendant

Provides monitoring, maintenance, and directory lookup services for Exchange Server

x

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Transport

Provides Simple Message Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server and transport stack

 

 

x

x

 

Microsoft Exchange Transport Log Search

Provides message tracking and transport log searching

x

 

x

x

 

Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging

Provides Unified Messaging features, such as the storing of inbound faxes and voice mail messages in a user's mailbox, and access to that mailbox via Outlook Voice Access

 

 

 

 

x

Microsoft Exchange (Exchange Server)

Provides full-text indexing of mailbox data content. This is a Microsoft Exchange-customized version of Microsoft Search

x

 

 

 

 

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