Server Roles

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Server Roles

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 introduces role-based deployment. This kind of deployment lets you deploy specific server roles that provide the messaging functionality you want for your organization. A server role is a unit that logically groups the required features and components that are required to perform a specific function in your messaging environment. Each server role includes:

  • Components to support the specific function.
  • Related configuration and security settings.
  • A list of pre-defined tasks to manage and configure that component.

Exchange Server 2007 supports the following five server roles:

  • Mailbox
  • Hub Transport
  • Edge Transport
  • Client Access
  • Unified Messaging