Hub Transport server role manages all mail flow inside the organization, applies transport rules, applies journaling policies and delivers messages to a recipient’s mailbox. Hub Transport server is placed internal network with an Active Directory Forrest. Messages that are sent to the Internet are relayed by the Hub Transport server to the Edge Transport server role that’s deployed in the perimeter network. Messages that are received from the Internet are processed by the Edge Transport server before they’re relayed to the Hub Transport server. If you don’t have an Edge Transport server, you can configure the Hub Transport server to relay Internet messages directly or utilize a third-party smart host. You can also install and configure the Edge Transport server agents on the Hub Transport server to provide anti-spam and antivirus protection inside the organization. It is best practice to keep two separate servers for HT and ET roles.
You must deploy a Hub Transport server role in each Active Directory site that contains a Mailbox server role. Deploying more than one Hub Transport server per site provides redundancy. When you install more than one Hub Transport server in an Active Directory site, the connections are distributed. HT server or HT servers read Active Directory for user authorization. That means you can deploy Single Sign on (SSO) in your organization.
To configure HT and ET, DNS record maintaining is vital part. The Edge Transport server queries the configured external DNS servers to find the DNS records that are required to deliver the message. The DNS servers that are configured for external DNS lookups are queried in the order in which they’re listed. If one of the DNS servers is unavailable, the query goes to the next DNS server on the list. The DNS servers are queried for the following information:
Mail exchange (MX) records for the domain part of the external recipient. The MX record contains the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the messaging server that’s responsible for accepting messages for the domain, and a preference value for that messaging server. To optimize fault tolerance, most organizations use multiple messaging servers and multiple MX records that have different preference values.
Address (A) records for the destination messaging servers. Every messaging server that’s used in an MX record should have a corresponding A record. The A record is used to find the IP address of the destination messaging server. The subscribed Edge Transport server uses the IP address to open an SMTP connection with the destination messaging server. The required combination of iterative DNS queries and recursive DNS queries that start with a root DNS server is used to resolve the FQDN of the messaging server that’s found in the MX record into an IP address.
In HT server or HT servers, you must obtain certificates from a Windows Enterprise Root Certificate Authority before you start installing HT role.
Prepare Windows Server 2008 x64
Install windows Features:
Windows Server 2008 x64 SP 2 or Windows Server 2008 R2
HT server must be a member of Active Directory Domain
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
WCF Activation
Windows Remote Management 2.0
Windows PowerShell V2
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
Net TCP port sharing services started and automatic start-up
Microsoft Office Filter Pack installed.
Computer Certificate and web certificates installed
Install HT server
Configure HT Server
Add IP address of HT server as internal connector.
Specify local IP ranges.
Test Outlook Web App
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