Default IIS Authentication for Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010

Exchange Server 2003
Front End and Back End Topology
Virtual Directory	FE	SSL Required	BE	SSL Required
Default Web Site	Anonymous	Optional	Anonymous	No
Exadmin	Integrated	No	Integrated	No
Exchange	Basic	Optional	Basic/integrated	No
Exchweb	Anonymous	No	Anonymous	No
Active Sync	Basic	Optional	Basic	No
Public	Basic	No	Basic/integrated	No

Exchange Server 2003
Single Server Topology
Virtual Directory	Server	SSL Required
Default Web Site	Anonymous	Optional
Exadmin	Integrated	No
Exchange	Basic/integrated	No	If SSL is required then follow KB-817379
Exchweb	Anonymous	No
Active Sync	Basic	Optional
Public	Basic/integrated	No

·Default Authentication of IIS

Exchange 2007 Client Access Server
Location	Authentication	SSL Setting	Comments
Default Web Site	Anonymous	Required	"Enable HTTP Keep-Alives" setting should be enabled on Web Site tab
/Owa	Basic	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Exchange	Basic	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Public	Basic	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Exchweb	Basic	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Oab	Integrated	Not required
/Autodiscover	Basic and Integrated	Required
/Ews	Integrated	Required
/UnifiedMessaging	Integrated	Required
/Microsoft-Server-Activesync	Basic	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Rpc	Basic and Integrated	Required	Technically, this is a Windows component but I've added it here since Outlook Anywhere depends on the installation of this virtual directory

Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server
Location	Authentication	SSL Setting	Comments
Default Web Site	Anonymous	Not required
/Exadmin	Basic and Integrated	Not required
/Exchange	Basic and Integrated	Not required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Public	Basic and Integrated	Not required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console

Exchange 2007 CAS + HUB + MBX
Location	Authentication	SSL Setting	Comments
Default Web Site	Anonymous	Required	"Enable HTTP Keep-Alives" setting should be enabled on Web Site tab
/Owa	Basic	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Exchange	Basic and Integrated	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Public	Basic and Integrated	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Exchweb	Basic and Integrated	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Oab	Integrated	Not required
/Autodiscover	Basic and Integrated	Required
/Ews	Integrated	Required
/UnifiedMessaging	Integrated	Required
/Microsoft-Server-Activesync	Basic	Required	Management of authentication setting should be done in Exchange Management Console
/Rpc	Basic and Integrated	Required	Technically, this is a Windows component but I've added it here since Outlook Anywhere depends on the installation of this virtual directory

Exchange 2010 All in One Box

Virtual Directory	Default Auth Setting
/Autodiscover	Anonymous, Basic, WIA
/ECP	Anonymous, Basic
/EWS	Anonymous, WIA
/MS-Server-Activesync	Basic
/OAB	WIA
/OWA	Basic
/PowerShell	Anonymous
/RPC	Basic, WIA

Recommended Windows Hotfix for Database Availability Groups running Windows Server 2008 R2

If you are using DAG configuration on your Windows Server 2008 R2 Servers consider applying the following hotfixes.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2549472 - Cluster node cannot rejoin the cluster after the node is restarted or removed from the cluster in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2549448 - Cluster service still uses the default time-out value after you configure the regroup time-out setting in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2552040 - A Windows Server 2008 R2 failover cluster loses quorum when an asymmetric communication fail

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PowerShell for Microsoft Exchange 2010 Cheat Sheet!

Extract from PowerShell for Microsoft Exchange 2010 Cheat Sheet!
When working with customers, everyone who is new to Windows PowerShell finds it to be an amazing idea, but very daunting. Once you start using it, you will quickly pick up the syntax and how to structure your commands. However, it can take a while to get to know which cmdlet to use, and what each cmdlet can do!
To help address this, Matt Abraham has created a “Cheat Sheet” with a list of some of the most important Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cmdlets. A lot of these can also be used with Exchange 2007 as well!

Cheat Sheet Download Link!!

Exchange Posters, Visio Stencils, and More

On this Exchange TechNet Wiki page you find the various posters and Visio stencils that exist for Exchange 2007 and  2010.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/exchange-posters-visio-stencils-and-more.aspx