Server Roles and MDM
2/9/2009
A server role is a collection of services that performs a specific function. Collectively, the server roles make up the server.
Server roles provide the following advantages:
- Reduces potential ways to attack an Exchange server. You can add servers in the company network without disrupting the Client Access Server operation or exposing these servers outside the company local area network (LAN).
- Simple installation lets you fully customize a server to support business goals and needs. You select the features to install.
- Potentially increases server performance because the overall CPU and memory usage workload is disbursed to several server operating systems.
Server roles can reside on one piece of server hardware, or distributed across several.
MDM Server Roles
The following describes System Center Mobile Device Manager server roles.
Server Role | Description |
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MDM Device Management Server |
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MDM Enrollment Server |
MDM Enrollment Server provides Administration service, Enrollment Web service, and Enrollment service. The following shows what these services provide:
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MDM Gateway Server |
MDM Gateway Server provides a network access point for managed devices. Typically, this server is installed in the perimeter network of the company where it helps reduce risks to the internal network security. MDM Gateway Server has the following characteristics:
MDM Gateway Server has a Certificate Store. MDM uses certificates on a Windows Mobile device to authenticate managed devices, MDM Gateway Server, and MDM Device Management Server. These certificates are stored in the Windows Certificate Store. For improved security, MDM Gateway Server does not initiate connections to MDM Device Management Server. |
Exchange Server Roles
The following describes Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 server roles that you can use in MDM message deployment.
Server Role | Description |
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Client Access Server |
This role is necessary in a mobile messaging deployment. This role supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync client applications, the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), and Internet Message Access Protocol version 4, revision 1 (IMAP4) protocols. It is the primary server component of the mobile messaging system. In distributed role topology, the Client Access Server behaves as a front-end server to the Mailbox Server on the company network. The Client Access Server role manages ActiveSync communication with a Windows Mobile device. |
Mailbox Server |
This role is necessary in a mobile messaging deployment. This role hosts mailboxes and public folders. |
For more information about Microsoft Exchange 2007 server roles, see the Server Role Roadmap section for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, at this Microsoft Web site: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87058.