Chapter 1. Client access servers

CAS architecture demystified

CAS authentication methods

External vs. internal

The death of affinity

Load balancing made simpler

The role of Outlook Anywhere

Designing namespaces

The Front End Transport service

Autodiscover

Understanding CAS proxying and redirection

CAS coexistence and migration

Certificate management

Moving mail

The Exchange Client Access Server (CAS) role in Exchange 2013 is a critical part of delivering the features and functionality that users depend on.

In Exchange Server 4.0, Exchange Server 5.0, and Exchange Server 5.5, client access was provided by the single server role that then existed. Exchange 2000 introduced the notion of a front-end server—a server that didn’t necessarily have any mailbox data ...

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